Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-01-21 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
Hi, I am the current src:util-linux maintainer and have become aware of this bug by pure coincidence. * Christoph Berg [220121 16:28]: > > A user requested in Debian bug report #926637 > > (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926637) to include > > rename.ul in Debian's alternative

Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-01-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Chris Hofstaedtler writes: > If the util-linux rename should be made easier to use, then it should > become the one and only provider of /usr/bin/rename, and it should not > be in an essential package. The two programs are very, very different, and I suspect the util-linux version would not be s

Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-01-21 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
* Russ Allbery [220121 18:11]: > Chris Hofstaedtler writes: > > > If the util-linux rename should be made easier to use, then it should > > become the one and only provider of /usr/bin/rename, and it should not > > be in an essential package. > > The two programs are very, very different, and I

Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-01-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > * Russ Allbery [220121 18:11]: > > Chris Hofstaedtler writes: > > > > > If the util-linux rename should be made easier to use, then it should > > > become the one and only provider of /usr/bin/rename, and it should not > > > be in an essential pac