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Re: Heads-up: postinstall scripts and PATH (Attn all package maintainers)


Hi, Gerrit,

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

> Hallo Igor,
>
> 24. Februar 2004 at 21:00:
>
> > gcc-mingw*.sh: ln
> >       Note: uses "tar", but "tar" is not "require"d.  Also, do we *really*
> >       want this weird extraction mechanism?
>
> Package tar is in base.

That's not enough.  Suppose someone uses setup in the following way in an
attempt to get a minimal installation: select the "Keep" mode, then select
only the packages that they think they need, letting setup handle the
dependences.  "tar" will not be selected if they select gcc-mingw*.
Adding it as an explicit dependence will cause it to be selected.

> I remember that there was a reason for this mechanism, but I cannot
> what the reason was.
>
> Gerrit

I don't think that reason, whatever it was, is valid anymore.  I say do it
the sane way.  This will certainly make "cygcheck -c" more valid...
	Igor
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