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 ht -- Henry S. Thompson, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: h...@inf.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail from me _always_ has a .sig like this -- mail without it is forged spam] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -- 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