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On 05/29/2012 02:58 PM, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Am 29.05.2012 17:37, schrieb Eric Blake: >> Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of >> having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros. Right now, >> cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific patch, >> and it still doesn't do quite what users are used to from a Linux >> perspective. Is it better to completely drop su from cygwin, or should >> I coordinate with the util-linux maintainer to hand control of su out of >> coreutils and over to util-linux? > Why would you drop it completely? It's an essential tool, especially in > a Windows environment. > I was quite delighted when I discovered that it works here as expected; > I don't use it often but when I do it's extremely useful. So now the question is whether the util-linux maintainer is willing to turn on the building of su (can that version even be made to work in cygwin?) or whether I should fork su and its cygwin-specific patches out of the coreutils package and instead into its own package. -- Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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