[ITP] util-linux

[Charles Wilson]

Charles Wilson wrote:
 > Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
 >>>
ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2-src.tar.bz2 
ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r-2.tar.bz2 
ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/util-linux/setup.hint
 >>>
 >>> Please, DO NOT UPLOAD until a new cygutils package without the
 >>> conflicting commands is uploaded first.

 > Sorry, had family commitments all last week/this weekend.  Hopefully I
 > can look at this stuff later this week, and adapt cygutils if
 > necessary.  It'd be good if someone *other* than me could take a look,
 > before I unilaterally pull a bunch of apps out of cygutils...

I've got a version of cygutils (1.3.0-1) ready to upload which has the 
following programs removed:
   cal col colcrt colrm column ddate getopt mcookie namei rename rev
Its upload needs to be synchronized with the following:

(1) adding Yaakov's util-linux
(2) Q: maybe cygutils' setup.hint file should require: util-linux
        PRO: that way, people won't suddenly see their favorite little
             utility disappear
        CON: util-linux requires e2fsprogs and libpcre0.  Since cygutils
             is required by some packages in the Base category, this
             would effectively pull util-linux, e2fsprogs, and libpcre0
             into Base.  Not sure that's a good idea, just so somebody
             can keep their 'ddate' working.
(3) agetty, more, and setsid would have to be marked _obsolete AND dummy
     packages with version numbers larger than their respective current
     versions uploaded, for each of those three.


Finally, I have a few questions about the util-linux -2 packaging.

(A) why are `more' and `arch' in /bin and not /usr/bin ?  ("That's the 
way linux does it" is not sufficient: on linux, there is actually a 
difference between the two directories.) I'm uncertain that setup.exe 
will DTRT here, since it is NOT a cygwin program...I'm *fairly* sure it 
will DTRT, since otherwise all our stuff in /usr/bin wouldn't unpack 
into CYGWINROOT\bin\ properly but ...

(B) After installing all the prerequisites listed in the README, I can't 
build the util-linux package.  pg.c fails with
   pg.c:62:22: nl_types.h: No such file or directory
nl_types is provided by the catgets package, but that's not listed as a 
prereq.  (Further, why is it using catgets, instead of gettext? 
everything ELSE in util-linux seems to use gettext...)  This is probably 
a build-type NOT run-time dependency, since I doubt pq exec's the 
gencat.exe utility.

Anyway, after installing the catgets package...the build succeeds.

So, these two issues must be addressed -- and the question in (2) must 
be answered -- before actions (1) (2) and (3) should be scheduled.

-- 
Chuck