Bug#998802: the which warning is bogus
> Purging configuration files for libdebuginfod-common (0.185-2) ...
> /usr/bin/which: this version of `which' is deprecated; use `command -v' in scripts instead.
That's bad advice, for a number of reasons.
Of these, maintscripts checking for ucf is somewhat likely to run into
`command -v` giving a wrong answer for non-executable files in $PATH.
This one can happen eg. after a bad backup restore (rsync w/o -x),
which is a scenario when the admin is likely to purge many packages while
trying to recover.
Unlike `command -v`, `which` handles that correctly.
The bad advice has been overruled by the CTTE, but debianutils maintainer
hasn't complied yet.
Meow!
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