Re: [Packaging errors] util-linux-2.13.1-1

["Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr dot Volker dot Zell at oracle dot com>]

>>>>> Corinna Vinschen writes:

    > On Feb 17 01:25, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
    >> Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
    >> |   last       conflicts with last   from sysvinit-2.84-4
    >> 
    >> This makes sense, but removing it from util-linux will require a
    >> simultaneous rename of -4 to -5, otherwise /usr/bin/last will go missing
    >> entirely.

    > sysvinit has no maintainer for ages.  We should just pull it from the
    > distro if we don't find a maintainer this week.  We can replace it with
    > an empty package which has util-linux as dependency.

I like to take over sysvinit as I use it.

I just compiled the latest sysvinit-2.86. 'last' from sysvinit-2.86
doesn't compile anymore because cygwin lacks IPv6 support. So we could
live with 'last' from util-linux.

But first of all I have to test my build.

    >> |   logger     conflicts with logger from inetutils-1.3.2-37
    >> 
    >> Looking into this, Debian, Ubuntu, and LFS defer /usr/bin/logger to
    >> util-linux.  Also, inetutils-1.3 is ANCIENT, but I understand that there
    >> are probably a lot of cygwin-specific patches involved.  Any input from
    >> the inetutils maintainer? (Corinna?)

    > I won't update inetutils anymore, except for tiny fixes and packaging
    > stuff.  Actually I'd rather OBSOLETE it entirely.  syslogd is replaced
    > by syslog-ng and all other tools in inetutils are security holes all in
    > itself.  Barring that, I could create a new inetutils package which
    > doesn't install logger.  Logger has not even a single Cygwin specific
    > patch in it.

    > So, here's the choice:

    > 1. Remove logger from inetutils.

+1

    > Corinna

Ciao
  Volker