X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:to:references:subject :content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=ji/BulU/pvAoKb3OmAH3G229hkhZS lyQPkG3oceYKkcXmC01hY/ZlxJx7T2hHzMoMpZilXGhXkGTqDB4BYWtaj7QNCnRe bqXlhcsfiXgTA4itHfebOo2rA9hdjNVYIuzZDZFMxA5Xchveoq4Q/VaBB1PFVbIb 7E/w7HOhsV8n1I= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:to:references:subject :content-type; s=default; bh=ErwGAn9GvdCyUkzubYQiMpeUL3E=; b=eF9 rC/Wem3551nQhM+nENQHMUUImmd9iZ1W8DJ8DsPf8prM35BJLctkqb2f+boci++/ x9WsaGcp0iQ2FKA5EwJPkdvjBZW4ZBeu/MPiEjXfbxbOR78R68I+T2HV9W8HAZI8 zXkuLD+K1/BPMgunLzHs+lbG0sDq5w3shpo7bEqw= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:972, demands, meet, H*UA:github.com X-HELO: mail-ot0-f171.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:references:subject :user-agent; bh=z4PeuwcqNNQ2oj3Xmb4J4ybDpmmbmy0uB9lM6d+ItFk=; b=CCQfUzvHH5jE5XJjKF1ZEYNSVwK9VpKyPbsZZo3LGgaogK3xSBXH4CXr2bnSQ7wxBg 5Gacoi5URG+8Tbl3P39QmlRa8Yru07+eeA9626qewlqm5/VL7SKR3km3Cc3+K6Jfj/0R 5r1lUcwcDan67pG32B30N44hKzTUJeE8SQYXGvbVehZ+8oiq1/l6RTKd+KNQWYvAPSkb ZJIukV06/2YmsNt3wCn7p9rlSS4130yjd1+Vqtiw9/nEwL+VQ3sZE561ZnEUb901kzGw 3bHcXLbjcCh/BMagSudwZZuHQMOWn5QEDCg8rK5ENbcFxuEUHeYAnFBOPejRnFcMMA1v UYLQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mKikikOo6rBoTtu5QUJjbANAcnsWH7iVAPmo0ZOS8RAQ9Zh52mB wx+enz9WmFcbB9vWQ10WT1ewAg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouhWSHUojjmflhtOxrtUmG/tfie1HS8kwuc/Eqk4J7r2jDLg99Z+nFJj41tUIEqXIiSntEDmQ== X-Received: by 10.157.11.75 with SMTP id p11mr13026250otd.43.1514762422475; Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:20:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5a4970b5.ea129d0a.c1394.8b37@mx.google.com> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:20:21 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Subject: Re: flex package POSIX violation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.0.1 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:47:11, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > How POSIX compliant is Cygwin supposed to be? I don't think many of > the tools are 100% POSIX compliant but are good enough so does making > the symlink between flex and lex make it more compliant or less so > because the tool doesn't meet 100% compliance? are these some questions to really want to have asked? POSIX standard demands a "lex" utility - so providing a "lex -> flex" symlink makes the Cygwin package more POSIX compliant - im sorry but i cant see how you couldnt understand why that would be the case. and while yes 100% compliance is certainly an asymptote, that doesnt mean we shouldnt even try - especially when it is a simple fix, as in this case. also, per my post [1] you quoted, and yaakov post [2], most major distros are doing this already. [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-12/msg00296.html [2] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-12/msg00298.html -- 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