This one time, at band camp, bruce robson said: > Both the manual page and /usr/share/doc/dvdbackup/README refer to the > command mkisofs. > > I've just installed etch RC2 and I don't have this command. > I looked at packages.debian.org and found page > http://packages.debian.org/testing/otherosfs/mkisofs > This tells me that on Etch people should use genisoimage instead of mkisofs. > > The documentation for dvdbackup needs updating to either replace references > to mkisofs by genisoimage or to mention that mkisofs and genisoimage are > alternatives.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l mkisofs Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===========-=====================-=========================================== ii mkisofs 1.1.2-1 Dummy transition package for genisoimage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /usr/bin/mkisofs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2007-01-14 15:44 /usr/bin/mkisofs -> genisoimage The package and the file in /usr/bin both exist as transitions from the real mkisofs to the new genisoimage. I'll update the docs to metion genisoimage, but I don't see any rush here. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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