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Re: cmp missing from base
- From: DAGwyn at aol dot com
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:05:37 -0400
- Subject: Re: cmp missing from base
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- Full-name: DAGwyn
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!
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