Re: Please include 'file' in the base category.

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov 22 15:11, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm following up on an issue discussed on the Libtool list [1]. Basically,
> Libtool requires 'file' to be installed and breaks if it is not, and
> correctly so since 'file' is part of the POSIX base since issue 7 [2, at
> the bottom].
> 
> The fact that the Libtool package in Cygwin requires 'file' is not enough
> as a casual user building some libtoolized package unexpectedly has to make
> sure 'file' is installed.
> 
> So, please add 'file' to the Cygwin 'base' category, moving us one small
> step closer to the POSIX heaven.

Heaven is (almost) here.  The file package is in Base now.


Corinna

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