Mail Archives: cygwin/2011/03/17/16:03:53
On 03/17/2011 03:56 PM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Op 17-3-2011 17:57, Charles Wilson schreef:
>> Final point: I realize nobody wants to maintain a non-upstreamable
>> forked version of software. Everybody wants to be able to build
>> software on cygwin out of the box.
>>
>> So...if the upstream people really really hate --follow/--no-follow and
>> won't accept it, then maybe an all-at-once change here on cygwin would
>> be okay. Ditto --safe.
>>
>> But...that's not an issue here, because *you* are the "upstream people"!
>>
>> So let's rephrase: What is the "upstream" objection to providing a few
>> new options, with no change in upstream's current default behavior:
>>
>> --follow follow symbolic links and modify the pointed-to
>> file. This differs from --force, which breaks
>> the symbolic link, replaces it with a local
>> copy, and modifies the copy. If --force, then
>> --follow has no effect.
>>
>> --no-follow do not follow symbolic links. If --force, then
>> --no-follow has no effect.
>> ...
>> --safe Do not modify binary files; opposite of --force.
>> (default)
>>
>> Time to create the patch? Patch requires too many internal changes that
>> are too ugly, due to internal architecture (can't imagine this is the
>> objection to --safe; that's a two-liner)? Style?
>>
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I'm willing to maintain patches for Cygwin, to make the transition
> easier. But if there is no chance that the package gets accepted, I
> rather save myself the trouble.
>
My 2cents worth: I for one look forward to the new package. All of the
software we develop runs on both platforms and I personally use the
dos2unix, etc tools often. Same tools on both platforms gets my vote
anytime.
roger wells
> best regards,
>
> Erwin
>
>
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