Bug#4501: util-linux does not install the whereis command

[Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>]

On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Guy Maor wrote:
> 
> maor>> But I noticed that a lot of the tools are NOT in other debian packages.
> maor>
> maor>Which ones, specifically?
> Sorry I have to pass on that one right now. Leaving for a weekend retreat.
> Next week if I have time I will hopefully be able to make a list.

Actually I just made such a list by just doing a find on a compiled
source tree, piping to type, and grepping for 'not found':

ddate                   NO - silly
dsplit                  split
whereis                 YES?
ctrlaltdel              NO - obsolete
sln                     NO - obsolete
readprofile             NO - obsolete
setsid                  YES?
cytune                  YES?
rev                     tac

dsplit and rev have the same functionality as split and tac provided by
other packages.  ddate is a bit too silly to have all users install it;
ctrlaltdel, sln, and readprofile are obsolete; so whereis, setsid, and
cytune are truly missing.

I'll add whereis for the sake of completeness.  cytune is a pretty
specialized utility so I'll put in its own package, and setsid is of
dubious use on a job control shell.  I suppose I'll include it as it's
tiny.


Guy