ITP dos2unix 5.2.1-1

[Roger K. Wells]

On 03/17/2011 03:56 PM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Op 17-3-2011 17:57, Charles Wilson schreef:
>> Final point: I realize nobody wants to maintain a non-upstreamable
>> forked version of software.  Everybody wants to be able to build
>> software on cygwin out of the box.
>>
>> So...if the upstream people really really hate --follow/--no-follow and
>> won't accept it, then maybe an all-at-once change here on cygwin would
>> be okay.  Ditto --safe.
>>
>> But...that's not an issue here, because *you* are the "upstream people"!
>>
>> So let's rephrase: What is the "upstream" objection to providing a few
>> new options, with no change in upstream's current default behavior:
>>
>>     --follow    follow symbolic links and modify the pointed-to
>>                     file. This differs from --force, which breaks
>>                     the symbolic link, replaces it with a local
>>                     copy, and modifies the copy. If --force, then
>>                     --follow has no effect.
>>
>>     --no-follow    do not follow symbolic links.  If --force, then
>>                     --no-follow has no effect.
>> ...
>>     --safe          Do not modify binary files; opposite of --force.
>>                     (default)
>>
>> Time to create the patch?  Patch requires too many internal changes that
>> are too ugly, due to internal architecture (can't imagine this is the
>> objection to --safe; that's a two-liner)?  Style?
>>
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I'm willing to maintain patches for Cygwin, to make the transition 
> easier. But if there is no chance that the package gets accepted, I 
> rather save myself the trouble.
>
My 2cents worth:  I for one look forward to the new package.  All of the 
software we develop runs on both platforms and I personally use the 
dos2unix, etc tools often.  Same tools on both platforms gets my vote 
anytime.
roger wells

> best regards,
>
> Erwin
>
>
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