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Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives

From	Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives
Date	2020-07-15 21:00 +0200
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Michael Meskes dixit:

>> b& nor does ncal use the locale for this, so, no, it does not use
>> appropriate calendar week calculation rules.
>
>This is simply not true since it definitely does.

I looked before writing that eMail, so it’s true; ncal uses the locale
to look up a country code, which then is used to determine the date of
the julian→gregorian calendar switch. That’s it exactly, nothing more.

>Fair enough, but you could at least report these cases.

Sure… if I see them.

bye,
//mirabilos
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Thread

Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-08 21:20 +0200
  Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-13 14:50 +0200
    Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-14 13:50 +0200
      Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-14 15:10 +0200
        Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-14 22:30 +0200
          Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-15 12:20 +0200
            Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-15 18:00 +0200
              Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-15 19:10 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-15 21:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-16 10:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-16 14:10 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-16 15:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-16 18:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-17 11:10 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-17 16:10 +0200

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