Hi all
I am using the [Unix password manager pass][0] out of the [Debian
password-store package][2].
[0]: https://www.passwordstore.org/
[1]: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/password-store
passmenu, a very useful script for users of tiling window managers, is
nowadays [bundled with pass upstream][3] and is also [available in the
Debian package][4].
[3]: https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/tree/contrib/dmenu
[4]: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/password-store/-/tree/master/contrib/dmenu?ref_type=heads
However, on my machine, the passmenu script is installed to
$ dpkg -S passmenu
pass: /usr/share/doc/pass/examples/dmenu/passmenu
Before raising a bug against the pass package I wanted to understand
whether this is correct? Why would an executable script end up in
/usr/share/doc?
Assuming it is correct, how would I use the script as it is packaged in
Debian?
1. On Wayland, the upstream passmenu uses dmenu-wl internally which is
not packaged in Debian. wmenu is a good alternative and available on
Debian stable.
2. I've tried symlinking /usr/share/doc/.../passmenu in ~/.local/bin and
have defined a dmenu-wl function in my ~/.bashrc:
dmenu-wl () { wmenu; }
export -f dmenu-wl
Now I can run passmenu from the CLI, but it doesn't start from wmenu-run
and instead fails with
/home/alex/.local/bin/passmenu: line 27: dmenu-wl: command not found
Where would I have to put the function definition for the invocation
from wmenu-run to also work?
3. Replacing dmenu=dmenu-wl with dmenu=wmenu in the script works for
both CLI and wmenu-run invocation of passmenu, but I would prefer not
making manual changes to package provided files.
Any ideas on how I can use passmenu without creating a copy of the
script and applying my manual correction from dmenu-wl to wmenu?
Thanks in advance for your help.
PS: Please keep me CC'ed as I am not subscribed to debian-user@l.d.o
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Alex
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