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On 2025-10-01 09:42, Federico Kircheis via Cygwin wrote:
> I just noted that the current version of patchutils depends on python3, it was 
> not the case some versions ago:
> 
> https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/patchutils.html
> 
> This is unexpected, and currently not the case for most Linux, distributions, 
> see for example
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/patchutils
> 
> Could it be that the dependency has been added by accident?

Features and scripts change every release, depending on the developer's 
interests and user feedback; most distros are back-version; most of the programs 
are scripts: 2 python, 4 perl, 6 shell, 3 console, and 5 symlinks.

See:

	https://repology.org/project/patchutils/badges

for distro versions still providing some supported package updates or backports.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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