Bug#1076215: ax25-tools,dahdi-tools: install program with same name (sethdlc)

Hello,

sethdlc is for our packet-radio soundcard modems.

tail of man page:

AUTHOR

sethdlc was written by Thomas Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA

(t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch). Inspired by setserial.

Sethdlc 0.1 27 April 2008 SETHDLC(8)

If both projects would rename their tools, we could discuss.

I add Author hb9jnx to Cc for asking about his opinion.

And ‚no‘, my next software project INITiative would not be named ‚init‘ and not be placed to /sbin/ — Lol ;))

vy 73,

- Thomas dl9sau

Am 12.07.2024 um 22:52 schrieb David Ranch <debian-hams@trinnet.net>:

Hello Chris,

Ax25-tool's sethdlc program predates this far later Asterisk dahdi-tools utility by decades so I would argue that Asterisk should change. That said, I don't know if there is much use for the sethdlc tool these days as it was used with legacy hardware. I've CCed DL9SAU here who supports the the primary version of these tools at https://linux-ax25.in-berlin.de/wiki/Main_Page to see what his thoughts might be here.

--David
KI6ZHD

On 07/12/2024 11:17 AM, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
Package: ax25-tools,dahdi-tools
Control: block 1075856 by -1

Hi,

your packages ax25-tools and dahdi-tools both install a program
names "sethdlc", although in different components of the PATH.

As this is confusing and a possible source of bugs, policy bug
#1075856 wants to outlaw this.

Please find a solution for your packages. Ideas:
1) if one of the programs is an internal implementation detail of
the package, install it into a private path in /usr/lib instead.
2) rename one of the programs
3) rename both of the programs

Thanks,
Chris