Bug#160635: dpkg-dev: /usr/bin/822-date should not be
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 nil@csoma.elte.hu wrote:
> 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.
It's needed on systems that don't have gnu date.
Maybe on debian it should just be wrapper.
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