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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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