Bug#1125348: ITP: lq -- The lq tool resolves and displays symbolic links and attributes encountered while resolving paths.

[Kim Saunders <kimpsaunders@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Kim Saunders <kimpsaunders@gmail.com>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, kimpsaunders@gmail.com

* Package name    : lq
  Version         : 0.0.3
  Upstream Contact: Kim Saunders <kimpsaunders@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/kimpsaunders/lq
* License         : GPL 3.0
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Symbolic link query tool.

The lq tool resolves and displays symbolic links and attributes encountered
while resolving paths.

I think this fills a useful niche in Debian, for displaying some of the
symbolic link chains that
exist in the distribution, but aren't easily visualized using other tools.

For example:

lq /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java
  /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
    /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
/usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-14
  gcc-14 -> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-14
    x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-14

I am the upstream author, and am happy to package this myself, or work with
someone else.

I am also a former, lapsed Debian Developer (username kims), interested in
becoming active again and helping out more generally where possible!