Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux
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- Subject: Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux
- From: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:01:45 +0100
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- Reply-to: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>, 1003653@bugs.debian.org
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Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> writes:
> * You take issue with "rename.ul" as a program name, because it is
> inconsistent with other Linux distributions.
Regarding this, perhaps we ought to ask util-linux's upstream if they'd
be willing to install /usr/bin/rename also as /usr/bin/rename.ul[1],
thus allowing people to write scripts that are portable across distros.
Cheers, Phil.
[1] If that is done with a symlink, I presume we'd have a very slight
preference for the actual binary to be called `rename.ul`, but it
doesn't really matter how it's done as long as people can rely on
rename.ul being present, regardless of distro.
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