DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:from:message-id:date:subject:to:mime-version
	:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=dk8
	CwqNd4f3VkVpFBbeEvqgX8xuyudqZ9agfWFV8TC6gGHxrmn6MiuUXGYT6pbO4Hi7
	W9y402e2kYZrmaWvbghdbTVMfCGwb/QzPFFdxLUwx15e32+7jMyIbVQJzQEej1t+
	H3gUlqdE2q/HpkS2HfAppK+vFVuIXfsvMc0HMBmE=
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
From: DAGwyn@aol.com
Message-ID: <ab6e82.247d6f40.454703d0@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:05:37 -0400
Subject: Re: cmp missing from base
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

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!  


--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple