X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT 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: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= 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:from:message-id:date:subject:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=lH1b+s0PH g0FjQNj9K62L7O+rjg=; b=w/pUrBh/IZmgoKCjOyXB8UIOZ04z8hiZ4IlOO4X/6 b/zHs/+f4mR72PhQa1IzhT50WOR3CjQ1cHMoZzjfrLNks1L1sAUHuIv6i7oL9aH6 wSsAs+VsP833fwKquEyywx++SZ1qQo8/L/xwRcoafIkxiGN4K2x5NVTtI0Yt5Cwz Xc= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_MXURI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=UD:mx.aol.com, H*r:Interface, H*r:sk:mtaomg-, H*RU:sk:mtaomg- X-HELO: omr-a015e.mx.aol.com From: DAGwyn AT aol DOT com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:05:37 -0400 Subject: Re: cmp missing from base To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1addd05815a9d14f4e 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