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Re: /usr/bin/which



On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:00:00 +0900, Junichi Uekawa
<dancer@netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
>since "which" has now become an alternatives, 
>package postinst while debootstrapping cannot call "/usr/bin/which",
>before postinst of debianutils is called, and (probably) needs to 
>call which.debianutils.

which is not POSIX, and thus discouraged in maintainer scripts. The
Developer's reference has example code that can replace which, in the
"Best packaging practices/Maintainer script" section.

Greetings
Marc

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