Bug#158924: tkmail: generic program name conflicts
Package: tkmail
Version: 4.0beta9-8
Severity: normal
tkmail ships the file /usr/bin/dotlock. This happens to be the name of
a Debian alternative that the maildrop package sets up when it is
installed. Thus, tkmail's dotlock gets silently replaced by the alternative
link.
Unix mail delivery being what it is, this was bound to happen. tkmail really
should rename the program to something like dotlock.tkmail (and ideally,
also provide another choice for the dotlock alternative).
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux kronstadt 2.4.19 #1 Thu Aug 22 08:52:25 PDT 2002 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages tkmail depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii tcl8.3 8.3.3-6 The Tool Command Language (TCL) v8.3 - Run-T
ii tk8.3 8.3.3-8 The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v8.3 - Run-Ti
ii xlibs 4.1.0-16 X Window System client libraries
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Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
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