FS#10472 - [apache-ant] package installs .cmd and .bat files.
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Arch Linux
Opened by Pranay Kanwar (warl0ck) - Thursday, 22 May 2008, 11:03 GMT
Last edited by Paul Mattal (paul) - Thursday, 25 June 2009, 04:36 GMT
Opened by Pranay Kanwar (warl0ck) - Thursday, 22 May 2008, 11:03 GMT
Last edited by Paul Mattal (paul) - Thursday, 25 June 2009, 04:36 GMT
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Description:
The apache-ant package, ships *.cmd and *.bat files, which are not required on a Linux system. Additional info: * package version(s) apache-ant 1.7.0-2 Steps to reproduce: install apache-ant, then $ ls /usr/bin/*.{cmd,bat} ant.bat ant.cmd antenv.cmd antRun.bat envset.cmd lcp.bat runrc.cmd |
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What is the motivation to remove them?
The upstream build process installs them, and there's no compelling (space/compatibility) reason to remove them.
I see no reason to customize an upstream build process unless it's doing something that is grossly inefficient or incompatible with Arch.
I'll plan to address this one way or another with the next build.
FS#12399?