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Re: utilities

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On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 12:08:54 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> mick crane wrote:
> > have a look in /usr/bin  ?
> 
> Not to forget /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin :
>   https://wiki.debian.org/FilesystemHierarchyStandard
> 
> /bin is specified to hold "essential" programs.
> /sbin is its add-on for system administrators.
> /usr/bin + /usr/sbin together hold nearly 4000 files on my system.
> 
> 
> Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> > no trick to be honest
> 
> But are you aware that "standard utility" can be the start of a nice
> dispute among the regulars of a computer users' mailing list ?
> (Let's see what happens. No real persons or animals will be hurt.)

There can be no dispute over the meaning of "standard system
utilities". These are the ones which have a "Priority: standard"
field in the package description.

On my stretch:

  grep -B 1 "Priority: standard" /var/lib/dpkg/available

-- 
Brian.

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  Re: utilities Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-25 12:20 +0200
    Re: utilities "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-25 13:30 +0200
      Re: utilities Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2018-09-25 15:40 +0200
        Re: utilities "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-25 15:50 +0200
      Re: utilities Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-25 16:10 +0200
        Re: utilities "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-09-25 17:20 +0200
        Re: utilities Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-09-25 18:20 +0200
    Re: utilities Jack Dangler <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2018-09-25 14:40 +0200
  Re: utilities Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-25 12:40 +0200
    Re: utilities Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-25 13:00 +0200
    Re: utilities Jack Dangler <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2018-09-25 14:40 +0200
    Re: utilities Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-09-25 14:40 +0200

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