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Re: future of su


Am 29.05.2012 17:37, schrieb Eric Blake:
Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of
having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros.  Right now,
cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific patch,
and it still doesn't do quite what users are used to from a Linux
perspective.  Is it better to completely drop su from cygwin, or should
I coordinate with the util-linux maintainer to hand control of su out of
coreutils and over to util-linux?
Why would you drop it completely? It's an essential tool, especially in a Windows environment.
I was quite delighted when I discovered that it works here as expected; I don't use it often but when I do it's extremely useful.
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Thomas



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