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Re: [1.7] Updated: dash-0.5.5.1-2; Obsolete: ash


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:29:31AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jul 14 16:09, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Jul 14 06:41, Eric Blake wrote:
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>> > According to Eric Blake on 7/14/2009 6:29 AM:
>> > > The package dash has been upgraded to 0.5.5.1-2 for those using cygwin
>> > > 1.7, simultaneously replacing dash-0.5.5.1-1 and ash-20040127-4.  The ash
>> > > package is now obsolete; ash.exe is provided by the dash package.
>> > 
>> > The following packages should update their setup.hint to refer to dash
>> > rather than ash:
>> > 
>> > fetchmail
>> > rebase
>> 
>> I changed the setup.hint files on sourceware.  Jason, please change
>> that in your local files.
>
>Here's another problem, even though it's a small one.
>
>If you don't start ash, but dash, then rebaseall refuses to run with
>the usual message:
>
>  rebaseall: only ash processes are allowed during rebasing
>      Exit all Cygwin processes and stop all Cygwin services.
>      Execute ash from Start/Run... or a cmd or command window.
>      Execute '/bin/rebaseall' from ash.
>
>I guess the code should be changed to accept ash and dash.

dash it all!

cgf


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