Andreas Henriksson [2018-10-15T21:46:51+02] wrote: > If you want the bsdutils to provide (util-linux version of) the tools > you need to convince the bsdmainutils maintainers that they should > stop shipping theirs, since we can't have file collisions between > different packages (ie. debian policy forbids two different packages > to provide the same file). > > Until you've convinced the bsdmainutils maintainers we should change > to the util-linux versions, there's nothing that can be done on the > util-linux/bsdutils side - thus the wontfix tag.
Is it possible for both packages to rename conflicting files and use
alternatives system for providing option for the common filename? There
would be executable files like /usr/bin/bcolumn (bsdmainutils) and
/usr/bin/lcolumn (linux-util). Both packages would have maintainer
script with a command like:
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/column column <path> <priority>
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