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Date:	Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:05:37 -0400
Subject:	Re: cmp missing from base
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I was unpleasantly surprised to find that the  "cmp" utility had been 
removed from the Cygwin base, and a search for "cmp" in  the Setup installer 
didn't find it.  (It used to exist.)  I eventually  found it hidden in the 
"diffutils" package.
Upon searching the mailing list I  found some discussion, most of it being 
clueless.  "cmp" is widely used in  Unix makefiles!  It's a basic utility 
that has been around for over 40  years.  Utilities like that are so essential 
that it disrupts users when  they are removed.  There is a reason that 
POSIX specifies them!  


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