Am 20.02.25 um 11:13 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
Hi,

On 2025-02-20 17:51:40 +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
I just pushed version 4.7.1.0 of the Debian Policy Manual and related
documents to the binary-NEW queue for sid.
Below you will find the significant normative changes from the
previously-announced release of Policy (4.7.0.0).
[...]
10.1
     Two different packages must not install programs with different
     functionality to the same filenames, even names under different
     directories, when the directories are on the default PATH.
[...]

What about existing packages with the same program name?

For instance,

https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/lam4-dev/filelist has
/usr/bin/hcc

and

https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/uhexen2/filelist has
/usr/games/hcc

and I'm quite sure that the hcc programs have different functionality.


A quick-and-dirty compiled list of conflicting program names:

bin <> games
============

cappuccino: /usr/bin/cappuccino
cappuccino: /usr/games/cappuccino

golang-chroma: /usr/bin/chroma
chroma: /usr/games/chroma

snap: /usr/bin/fathom
fathom: /usr/games/fathom

lam4-dev: /usr/bin/hcc
uhexen2: /usr/games/hcc

kdesdk-scripts: /usr/bin/makeobj
simutrans-makeobj: /usr/games/makeobj

metar: /usr/bin/metar
flightgear: /usr/games/metar

mono-devel: /usr/bin/monop
bsdgames: /usr/games/monop

morse: /usr/bin/morse
bsdgames: /usr/games/morse

gnome-mousetrap: /usr/bin/mousetrap
mousetrap: /usr/games/mousetrap

node-istanbul: /usr/bin/nyc
filters: /usr/games/nyc

pacman-package-manager: /usr/bin/pacman
pacman: /usr/games/pacman

pinball-dev: /usr/bin/pinball-config
pinball-dev: /usr/games/pinball-config

libmath-prime-util-perl: /usr/bin/primes
bsdgames: /usr/games/primes

sgb: /usr/bin/queen
flight-of-the-amazon-queen: /usr/games/queen

hxtools: /usr/bin/rot13
bsdgames: /usr/games/rot13

rs: /usr/bin/rs
reminiscence: /usr/games/rs

staden-io-lib-utils: /usr/bin/scramble
filters: /usr/games/scramble

singularity-container: /usr/bin/singularity
singularity: /usr/games/singularity

ruby-spring: /usr/bin/spring
spring: /usr/games/spring

raster3d: /usr/bin/worms
bsdgames: /usr/games/worms

libxrt-utils: /usr/bin/xball
xball: /usr/games/xball

sbin <> games
=============
sauce: /usr/sbin/sauce
fortunes-de: /usr/games/sauce


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