Control: reassign -1 bsdmainutils Control: affects -1 src:util-linux Hi Jules Samuel Randolph,
* Jules Samuel Randolph <jules.sam.rando...@gmail.com> [200522 23:57]: > I am trying to package bootiso <https://github.com/jsamr/bootiso>, which > depends on util-linux >= 2.26 and requires the "column" command and its > numerous features, specifically -d, -N and -W flags. > > However, since the bsdmainutils "column" is used instead, this dependency > cannot be honored for debian. This is a huge, blocking problem to > properly ship bootiso utility. Luckuly, being upstream author I can > write some hard-coded checks to control supported flags. But the general > idea that one author cannot rely on the presence of appropriate versions > of utilities as central to GNU/Linux as those shipped in "util-linux" is > troublesome. Thanks for your report. As you wrote yourself, the issue is that bsdmainutils is providing column in Debian. I'm reassigning this bug over there, so the bsdmainutils team can decide if they want to stop shipping column, and util-linux should do it. FTR: I'm okay with using the util-linux version, but I have not done a compatibility analysis. Also, util-linux will not ship column as long as bsdmainutils does. Chris
