sendpage binary name conflict (was Re: intent to package: sendpage)
On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 07:18:02PM +0100, Jordi (jordi@sindominio.net) wrote:
> I don't know if the policy allows to set this kind of conflicts, but IMHO,
> it shouldn't be permitted, if the packages don't have anything to do between
> them.
> Maybe alternatives is what you want to use.
>
> Jordi
This is what I suspected, and after browsing debian-devel archives I see
this has happened before, (name conflicts). Specifically, the gensig package
had a similar problem, with a binary in gtkglarea, I think, which was
fixed by moving the binary to /usr/games.
The same binary is used for both the user command for spooling pages
and the daemon that actually dials the modem for the paging.
Placing the daemon binary in /usr/sbin would be kosher then, correct?
I then made a simple change to the source so it'll know
what to do when run as sendpage-client, and made /usr/bin/sendpage-client a
link to /usr/sbin/sendpage, eliminating the conflict with the binary
/usr/bin/sendpage in hylafax-client, and even putting a daemon binary
in an appropriate place.
Somebody please let me know if this is a bad idea, though.
I can take this to debian-mentors, too, if my howto questions aren't
being asked in the right place...
-Preston
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