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Re: Command 'more': missing dll cygpcre.dll [Attn more maintainer]


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According to Joshua Daniel Franklin on 9/14/2005 7:10 PM:
> 
> I did that 'more' release as part of getting together some packages for
> a minimal but still somewhat useful Cygwin installation. I like 'less'
> and have never actually used 'more'. I'd actually prefer if we could 
> symlink it to 'less' for the people who are used to it and drop the 
> separate package.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for the upload but I guess I'm still MIA. :)

Sorry if my upload without waiting for your reply was too hasty, but it
appears no harm was done.  On closer inspection of /usr/src/more*/more.c,
you did list yourself as the person porting to cygwin, and I should have
realized that you are still actively on the cygwin lists.

Meanwhile, cygwin less is at 381, but upstream less 382 is out (although
http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ says there is no need to upgrade);
and looking at /usr/src/less-381-1, I can't see a maintainer there either.
 Who maintains less, and are they willing to make a new release of less
that includes /bin/more as a link to less, so that we can obsolete the
more package in favor of less?  This time, I won't be so hasty (with more,
I figured that 3 years of inactivity warranted an instant upgrade).

To summarize, should cygwin follow the maxim 'less is more'? :)

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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