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Re: Bug#999802: RFS: libexplain/1.4.D001-12 [QA] [RC] -- library of system-call-specific strerror repl - development files



On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 10:18:12PM +0100, Håvard Flaget Aasen wrote:
>  * Package name    : libexplain
>    Version         : 1.4.D001-12

>  libexplain (1.4.D001-12) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * QA upload.
>    * Patch: Linux 5.11 no longer has if_frad.h, from Ubuntu. Closes: #997222
>    * Patch: termiox removed since kernel 5.12, from ALT Linux.
>    * Patch: Change from which -> command -v
>    * d/watch: Update to version 4.
>    * Add d/clean to avoid FTBFSx2, from Ubuntu.

Why would you change `which` to `command -v`?  The latter is fragile and
gets a bunch of cases wrong (aliases, shell builtins (there's MANY with
sh=busybox), non-executable files in $PATH), etc.


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