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Re: attn gzip and info maintainer
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 10:09:54PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Upgrading to coreutils-6.9 breaks info, as it tries to invoke gunzip.exe.
>> This should be fixed in info to just invoke gunzip, since in gzip 1.3.9,
>> gunzip is merely a symlink (and the new coreutils no longer adds implicit
>> and confusing .exe extensions to symlinks).
>
> Are you saying that info uses coreutils to start gunzip somehow?
I think what Eric is saying is that the installation of coreutils-6.9 now
goes around and alters symbolic links of all packages to eliminate the
".exe" suffix. So if some package explicitly refers to that suffix, that
will cause a problem.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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