Bug#2624: textutils needs to break fmt-related files out separately
> I don't know about its current status, but the textutils fmt program
> used to be broken in various ways where the elvis fmt program wasn't
> broken. I don't know if the textutils fmt program has been fixed
> or not.
If the textutils fmt hasn't been fixed yet, it should be. If it can't
easily be fixed, then it should be removed completely.
> However, the elvis fmt package didn't appear for the purpose of providing
> a working alternative to the textutils fmt package, it just happened
> to work out that way. elv-fmt appeared because the files it supplies are
> part of the stuff supplied by elvis editor source package. If the
> gods of the debian distribution see fit to proclaim that the elvis fmt
> program is not to be included in the distribution, I'll withdraw it.
Comments?
> > simply use dpkg-divert to avoid conflicting with the one in textutils?
>
> dpkg-divert is a new one on me. What's that?
> Do you perhaps mean update-alternatives?
No, I don't mean update-alternatives, which I personally don't care
for but I won't get into that. Dpkg diversions are a feature Ian J.
added a while back where one package can selectively override files
from other packages by diverting them to other names. Dpkg remembers
the diversions and automatically does the right thing when either
package is upgraded or removed. Please read
/usr/doc/dpkg/diversions.text for details.
David
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