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Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

From Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.legal, linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted
Date 2021-08-31 08:50 +0200
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 07:22:52PM +0200, Ole Tange wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM Andreas Tille <andreas@fam-tille.de> wrote:
> :
> > I admit I also considered a wrapper but with a different functionality:
> > Simply check whether --citation was used before and if not do so.
> 
> If you mean a wrapper similar to this, then that would be a compromise
> I can live with:
> 
> if [ -t 2 -a ! -e "$HOME/.citation-run" ] ; then
>   # Only run if stderr is a terminal (to avoid breaking scripts)
>   parallel.real --citation
>   touch "$HOME/.citation-run"
> fi
> parallel.real "$@"

Thats fragil.
There is no guarantee that a (system) user has $HOME that it is writable.




(Regardin what to do in Debian, maybe its time to resurrect #597050?)

-- 
tobi

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Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2021-08-30 08:30 +0200
  Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-08-30 12:40 +0200
  Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-08-30 15:20 +0200
    Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Andreas Tille <andreas@fam-tille.de> - 2021-08-30 16:00 +0200
      Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-08-30 19:50 +0200
        Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-08-31 08:50 +0200
        Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-08-31 09:00 +0200
          Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 16:50 +0200
            Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2021-09-03 17:00 +0200
              Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-09-03 17:10 +0200
                Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-09-06 21:20 +0200
                Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2021-09-07 11:40 +0200
                Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-09-11 22:00 +0200
                Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2021-09-13 05:10 +0200
                Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2021-09-13 09:10 +0200
                Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2021-09-07 11:40 +0200
  Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has  been reverted Ole Tange <tange@gnu.org> - 2021-08-31 20:40 +0200

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