Bug#2661: dist and mh both have a dist manpage
> Hi,
>
> Brian Mays <bem5r@neutron.mane.virginia.edu> writes:
> Brian> Package: dist
> Brian> Version: 3.60-3
>
> Brian> Both the dist package and the mh package have a
> Brian> /usr/man/man1/dist.1 file.
>
> My initial reaction was to protest that mh was stealing a name
> from dist (dist _is_ the name of the package after all), but then I
> realized that my position was slightly untenable as well, since there
> is no binary/script named dist in my package either, and so it would
> be better in section 7. I don't have mh, so I don't know how valid
> that choice of names is for mh.
There IS a dist(1) legitimately in MH. It is used do distribute mail
to mailing lists.
When I saw the conflict myself, I immediately thought of doing a
--force-overwrite, but stopped and realised that that may be the wrong
thing to do.
I was really concerned about what would happen if BOTH dist and mh provided dist commands. It seemed potentially very confusing, to say the least.
--
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"She was infatuated with their male prostitutes, whose members were
like those of donkeys and whose seed came in floods like that of
stallions." -- Ezekiel 23:20
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