/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? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
