R: Why did "cal" disappear in disrto??

[Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri at yahoo dot it>]

--- Dom 1/8/10, Paul McFerrin  ha scritto:

> Could I get some from authority to
> address this issue?
> 
> I noticed that when download the latest Cygwin distro the
> other day into a new PC, the "cal" package was nolonger
> included in any packages.? However during the entire
> Beta test of Cygwin, it was there.? Why was there a
> package removal a f t e r? beta testing.? It
> appears to be a disconnect for me.? It would appears to
> me that for a new release to be made that a freeze date be
> observed in which major changes (command removal) would not
> be introduced.? Only fixes, omissions, and upgrades
> would be allowed.

Beta test ?? I presume you are speaking about 
cygwin-1.7.0 release, as the last b20 is a bit 
ancient around 1998.

> 
> Maybe I'm being to paranoid about this.? But it would
> sound logical that a freeze date would mean this.? Does
> it??
> It appears that another command also disappeared but after
> a 14-week stay in a nursing I'm clueless as to what it was.

you need to install the util-linux package.
http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=cal.exe
http://cygwin.com/packages/

Regards
Marco





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