Re: Patches for MinixV2-FS
Hi,
Dominik wrote:
> Maybe the MINIX programs should be talken out of miscutils and form
> a seperate package? Seems justified ...
That's what Guy is already about to do *browsing through mail archive* :
>From: Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
>Subject: A better miscutils
>Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 05:56:23 -0600 (CST)
>
>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.
I think he will anyway accept my changes, even if he's just reworking things.
Frank
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