On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 07:57:55 +0800 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote: > Gentlemen, after I installed "Debian GNU/Linux", I found I had to take > extra steps to get the GNU version of a program installed, as some > other leading brand alternative was in its stead. > > So what is the single command to apt-get install all the GNU versions > of everything? > > Last year I discovered mawk sitting there until I banished it away with > apt-get install gawk. > > Yesterday I realized I had been using mailx all this time while GNU's > mailutils were sitting unused. > > Do I look in Packages.gz for Conflicts:, and then look in Description: > for "this is the GNU version of..."? > > What other other leading brands programs are sitting on my computer > when I could have been using a genuine GNU program? > > What genuine GNU programs should I defer, lest e.g. messages get trunc A fair numbe rof those apps you probably want were implemented in Debian before GNU made their own versions - install-info(8) is one of the ones most often griped about. I believe which(1) is another case. Regardless, having a "gnu" task is perfectly reasonable as far as I'm concerned - just wanted to point out that it isn't necessarily maliciousness or even a judgement call so much as things just *weren't there* :)
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