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Re: more overly-generic package names from gnustep



Hello Frank!

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 03:17:42PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> Florian Ernst <florian@uni-hd.de> wrote:
> 
> >> frank@alhambra:~$ dpkg -S /etc/GNUstep/
> >> dpkg: /etc/GNUstep/ not found.            # that's a bug, probably in dpkg
> >> frank@alhambra:~$
> >
> > $ dpkg -S /etc/GNUstep
> > wmaker: /etc/GNUstep
> >
> > I'm not sure whether this behavior is a bug or a feature (for
> > something I'm missing here)...
> 
> I'd say a bug. But I won't submit minor bugs against dpkg, found on a
> woody-bunk-plus-lots_of_own_backports box. Have no time reading throught
> the list of existing bugs :-(.
> 
> >> I don't even get an idea for which package I should file a
> >> bug. Damn. Well, I know that wmaker is using it. But it hides it well. 
> >
> > As Christoph already pointed out it's wmaker.
> 
> As _I_ pointed already out.

Err, yes, as you and Christoph have mentioned.

> But the main point is that it's not only badly polluting namespace, it's
> also not easy to find who it is - imagine somebody who just installed
> wmaker because he wanted to try application on a couple of window
> managers.

It is not that difficult to find out as each of the subdirectories
contains a file or dir named 'WindowMaker'.

I agree on 'GNUstep' being quite confusing when being found in ~, and
I merely wanted to provide some information on how one can change that
name and regarding the problems currently being related to that
package...

Cheers,
Flo

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