Bug#160635: dpkg-dev: /usr/bin/822-date should not be

[<nil@csoma.elte.hu>]

Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.9.21
Severity: wishlist

Hi!

nil@csomalin:~$ man 822-date
...
BUGS
       This facility really ought to be part of date(1),
...

nil@csomalin:~$ man date
...
       -R, --rfc-822
                     output RFC-822 compliant date string
...

  The "/bin/date" program is in the shellutis required/base package, so
it is on every system, and it has the features of 822-date. I think the
following files are not required:
    dpkg-dev: /usr/share/man/man1/822-date.1.gz
    dpkg-dev: /usr/share/man/sv/man1/822-date.1.gz
    dpkg-dev: /usr/bin/822-date
    dpkg-dev: /usr/share/man/ja/man1/822-date.1.gz
  Maybe make a simple /usr/bin/822-date shell script or similar for
compatibility, and a "redirector" manual page to the date's manual.

Byez: Nil

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux csomalin 2.4.19-pre6-rmap12i-xfs-shawn11 #1 Fri Apr 19 17:09:43 CEST 2002 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii  binutils       2.12.90.0.1-4  The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti
ii  cpio           2.4.2-39       GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of 
ii  make           3.79.1-14      The GNU version of the "make" utility.
ii  patch          2.5.4-11       Apply a diff file to an original
ii  perl-modules   5.6.1-7        Core Perl modules.
ii  perl           5.6.1-7        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5)