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Subject:	Re: Package "python" removed from default package selection
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Marco Atzeri via Cygwin writes:

> strange, python27-2.7.18-2 postinstall script should have set
> /usr/bin/python.

Neither python27-2.7.18-1 or -2 have any postinstall script.

The change from -1 to -2 that causes python as such to disappear (which
I can confirm) is the loss of welded-in links:

  > tar -tvf python2-2.7.18-1.tar.xz
  lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein  0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/pydoc -> pydoc2.7
  lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein  0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
  lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein  0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/python -> python2.7.exe
  lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein  0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7.exe
  -rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 45 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
  -rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 46 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz
  > tar -tvf python2-2..tar.xz
  lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein  0 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/bin/pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
  lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein  0 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7.exe
  -rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 46 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz

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