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| From | Curt <curty@free.fr> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: column - how to get it updated? |
| Date | 2019-07-26 10:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <yo3iW-21y-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ynCVr-2Bo-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ynDRv-3ex-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ynYCB-7zw-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Unorganized |
On 2019-07-26, davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> wrote: >>> >>> 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? > > I don't think file collisions are the kind of thing the debian > alternatives system is meant to solve. > It seems to me /etc/alternatives provides a mechanism by which you can choose a default among two or more programs with similar functions. The problem here appears to be that both packages provide a utility that shares the same name (column), which violates Debian policy (according to Andreas Henriksson in the referenced bug report). That this stumbling block presents an insurmountable challenge to the development community defies the intellectual capacities of your admittedly naive correspondent. -- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
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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
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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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