Package "python" removed from default package selection
Henry S. Thompson
ht@inf.ed.ac.uk
Wed Dec 30 15:44:54 GMT 2020
Marco Atzeri via Cygwin writes:
> strange, python27-2.7.18-2 postinstall script should have set
> /usr/bin/python.
Neither python27-2.7.18-1 or -2 have any postinstall script.
The change from -1 to -2 that causes python as such to disappear (which
I can confirm) is the loss of welded-in links:
> tar -tvf python2-2.7.18-1.tar.xz
lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/pydoc -> pydoc2.7
lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/python -> python2.7.exe
lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7.exe
-rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 45 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
-rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 46 2020-05-23 11:05 usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz
> tar -tvf python2-2..tar.xz
lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/bin/pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
lrwxrwxrwx Marco/Kein 0 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7.exe
-rw-rw-r-- Marco/Kein 46 2020-12-28 08:57 usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz
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