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Bug#525359: wish there was a libcoreutils |
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Date: |
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:37:30 +1000 |
Package: coreutils
Version: 6.10-6
Severity: wishlist
I wish there was a shared library providing the functionality of base64, cksum,
md5sum, sha*sum, and wc.
I know that there are other libraries implementing md5sum and the SHA
hashes, but I would prefer to use a GNU source for that code.
I am not aware of any other library that provides base64 encoding and decoding
for C programs.
Writing code equivalent to "wc" would not be THAT difficult, but I still think
it's best to have it in a library for faster development and so that everyone
can use a correct implementation (it's something that often gets done badly).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
(ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages coreutils depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.47-2 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries
coreutils recommends no packages.
coreutils suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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