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Re: column - how to get it updated?

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On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:45 PM Andrew Punnett <andrew.punnett@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> 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."
>

In my "Development Days", I would have gotten the Source for the newer
version, Compile it in my own System, copy the result into /usr/local/bin
and put it before /usr/bin.

Do people still do Workarounds like this?

Are there ways to, then "Package it", and submit it back to Debian?  Based
on the above Bug Report, would that get you anywhere?  Thank you.


> How can we persuade the Debian bsdmainutils package maintainers to
> allow the Linux version of column to be shipped?
>

Do they have an Email List?

Kenneth Parker

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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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