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Re: Linux permissions and which(1)



On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:03:52PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:45:53PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> > I was looking at the source code to the which(1) command (apt-get source 
> > which = which-2.14 ).
> 
> Just to add, the which(1) command installed on my Debian system is
> working correctly -- but only when I build which(1) from the source
> package:
> 
>  Filename: pool/main/w/which/which_2.14-4_i386.deb

In case you don't know, the default which(1) on Debian systems comes
from the debianutils package, not which. The which package is a bloated
not-invented-here thing; I have no idea why it exists.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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