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Subject: col binary removed from util-linux-2.40.2-1
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From: "Matthew \"mirage335\" Hines via Cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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/usr/bin/col.exe  is apparently missing from the more recent version of the
'util-linux' package 'util-linux-2.40.2-1'

https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=x86_64%2Futil-linux%2Futil-linux-2.39.3-2&grep=util-linux

https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=x86_64%2Futil-linux%2Futil-linux-2.40.2-1&grep=util-linux


This showed up as a difference between the binReport for the most recent
build of this 'ubcp' software:
https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/releases

Binaries (filesystem) in build-12854809622-1 but not in currentRelease
build-13023093291-1:
27
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737440#step:2:28>/bin/col.exe

28
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737440#step:2:29>/bin/cygproc2-0.dll

29
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737440#step:2:30>/bin/cygsodium-23.dll

30
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737440#step:2:31>/usr/bin/col.exe

31
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737440#step:2:32>/usr/bin/cygproc2-0.dll

32
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737440#step:2:33>
/usr/bin/cygsodium-23.dll

The missing packages report for this newer build was just this:
packages (filesystem) in build-12854809622-1 but not in currentRelease
build-13023093291-1:
49
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737647#step:2:50>libproc2_0

50
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737647#step:2:51>libsodium-common

51
<https://github.com/mirage335-colossus/ubiquitous_bash/actions/runs/13023093291/job/36328737647#step:2:52>
libsodium23

Looking at the man page for col (Cygwin man page seems identical) it would
seem this is a useful utility:
col(1): filter reverse line feeds from input - Linux man page
<https://linux.die.net/man/1/col>


So uh, why was this removed? Is this just a bug?

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