A better miscutils
I'm the maintainer of miscutils, a big and ugly package. Here's a
proposal that I would like to implement.
I will eliminate two packages - chfn and last.
I will create three packages - fsutils, loginutils, and fdutils. The
first two will be base packages. fdutils is already being maintained
by Michael Meskes.
Several programs will definitely be added - vipw, vigr, ipcs, ipcrm,
and which. I am considering three other programs - hostid, namei, and
whereis. Please give me your opinions on whether you think these three
are important.
Here's a table which shows the new contents of fsutils, loginutils,
and miscutils.
Program: Old New
Package: Package:
cfdisk miscutils fsutils
fdisk miscutils fsutils
fsck.minix miscutils fsutils
mkfs miscutils fsutils
mkfs.minix miscutils fsutils
mkswap miscutils fsutils
fdformat miscutils fdutils (fdutils includes several
setfdprm miscutils fdutils other programs)
chfn chfn loginutils
chsh chfn loginutils
getty miscutils loginutils
last last loginutils
login miscutils loginutils
newgrp miscutils loginutils
passwd miscutils loginutils
vigr - loginutils
vipw - loginutils
arch miscutils miscutils
clock miscutils miscutils
dmesg miscutils miscutils
getopt miscutils miscutils
installkernel miscutils miscutils
ipcrm - miscutils
ipcs - miscutils
kbdrate miscutils miscutils
mkboot miscutils miscutils
more miscutils miscutils
rdev miscutils miscutils
run-parts miscutils miscutils
sync miscutils miscutils
tunelp miscutils miscutils
update miscutils miscutils
which - miscutils
hostid(?) - miscutils
namei(?) - miscutils
whereis(?) - miscutils
The two new packages will make any future Debian upgrades, such as
fdisk3.0 or shadow password support, much easier. All relevant
programs are already grouped together.
I believe the new system to be much cleaner, but I may have overlooked
something. Any input would be appreciated.
Guy
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