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Re: column - how to get it updated?

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On 25/07/19 3:26 PM, Andrew Punnett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Debian currently uses the `column` command from FreeBSD. However, the
> `column` command included in the util-linux package from the Linux
> Kernel Organisation is much more useful.
> 
> There is a bug report about this at
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908975, which ends
> with the Debian util-linux package maintainer stating:
> 
> "Until you've convinced the bsdmainutils maintainers we should change
> to the util-linux versions, there's nothing that can be done on the
> util-linux/bsdutils side - thus the wontfix tag."
> 
> How can we persuade the Debian bsdmainutils package maintainers to
> allow the Linux version of column to be shipped?

Can't they all get along by using /etc/alternatives?

Richard

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column - how to get it updated? Andrew Punnett <andrew.punnett@gmail.com> - 2019-07-25 05:50 +0200
  Re: column - how to get it updated? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-07-25 06:10 +0200
    Re: column - how to get it updated? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-07-25 14:30 +0200
  Re: column - how to get it updated? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-25 06:50 +0200
    Re: column - how to get it updated? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2019-07-26 05:00 +0200
      Re: column - how to get it updated? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-26 06:30 +0200
        Re: column - how to get it updated? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-07-26 07:30 +0200
        Re: column - how to get it updated? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2019-07-26 14:30 +0200
          Re: column - how to get it updated? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-26 18:40 +0200
      Re: column - how to get it updated? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-26 10:00 +0200
        Re: column - how to get it updated? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-07-26 14:40 +0200
          Re: column - how to get it updated? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-26 15:00 +0200

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