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From:	Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri AT yahoo DOT it>
Subject:	R: Why did "cal" disappear in disrto??
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--- Dom 1/8/10, Paul McFerrin  ha scritto:

> Could I get some from authority to
> address this issue?
>=20
> I noticed that when download the latest Cygwin distro the
> other day into a new PC, the "cal" package was nolonger
> included in any packages.=A0 However during the entire
> Beta test of Cygwin, it was there.=A0 Why was there a
> package removal a f t e r=A0 beta testing.=A0 It
> appears to be a disconnect for me.=A0 It would appears to
> me that for a new release to be made that a freeze date be
> observed in which major changes (command removal) would not
> be introduced.=A0 Only fixes, omissions, and upgrades
> would be allowed.

Beta test ?? I presume you are speaking about=20
cygwin-1.7.0 release, as the last b20 is a bit=20
ancient around 1998.

>=20
> Maybe I'm being to paranoid about this.=A0 But it would
> sound logical that a freeze date would mean this.=A0 Does
> it??
> It appears that another command also disappeared but after
> a 14-week stay in a nursing I'm clueless as to what it was.

you need to install the util-linux package.
http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=3Dcal.exe
http://cygwin.com/packages/

Regards
Marco





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