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Subject: Re: Package 'unitS' requires python39 & requests
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From: Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On 18/02/2025 11:48, Sam Edge via Cygwin wrote:
> On 18/02/2025 00:17, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote:
>> On 2025-02-17 16:34, Sam Edge via Cygwin wrote:
>>> On 17/02/2025 23:21, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote:
>>>> On 2025-02-17 07:48, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
>>>>> On 17/02/2025 15:31, Sam Edge via Cygwin wrote:
>>>>>> On 17/02/2025 11:29, Federico Kircheis via Cygwin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I mentioned this a while ago but the 'units' package also has a 
>>>>>> dependency on 'python39' and 'python39-requests'. This is purely 
>>>>>> because of the currency updater script (/usr/bin/unit_cur) I believe.

> 
> Splitting the updater script out and have it depend upon units, python3 
> & requests sounds like a sensible approach although I don't know how 
> much extra fiddling that would require when releasing upstream changes 
> next time around. (Sorry, I've not found the time to grok cygport yet. 
> So many tools, so little time! ;-))
> 

splitting is a minor operation in this case as
there is only one file that is pulling python

$ file /usr/bin/units_cur
/usr/bin/units_cur: Python script, Unicode text, UTF-8 text executable

so if this file is moved to a new binary package (e.g units-tool)
that package will require units and python, while the remaining package
will require the usual stuff

  $ cyg-dependency.sh /usr/bin/units.exe
/usr/bin/cygwin1.dll  =>  cygwin-3.5.7-1
/usr/bin/cygreadline7.dll  =>  libreadline7-8.2-2
KERNEL32.dll  =>   Windows System

Regards
Marco


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