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RE: updated procps package


--- Chris January <chris@atomice.net> wrote:
> > > I've updated the procps package.
> >
> > -You still have a /usr/bin/kill.exe (which conflicts with cygwin's).
> >  It appears to be a copy of your skill.exe. Also the kill.1 and ps.1
> >  manpages conflict with cygwin-doc.
> >  Just a suggestion, since you already patch the Makefile to get
> >  kill->kill.exe and ps->ps.exe, why not patch the Makefile to create
> >  kill->prockill.exe, etc.? That way no mixups.
> >
> This is really an instance of two packages providing different versions of
> the same program. I changed the name of the executables in the binary
> package to avoid the conflict, but if someone is building from source, it is
> really up to them how they resolve it. They may choose to put the binaries
> in a different directory with their original names, for example.
> I have however renamed the manual pages and kill.exe in the binary package -
> that was an oversight on my part.

Well, I personally like to be able to do a 'make install' and it be exactly
like the binary package. But, you're the packager. 

This looks good now and has my vote (though I don't believe it needs any more.)
Thanks for putting this together, I especially missed 'free'. 

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