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[bug#29419] [RFC PATCH] gnu: Add rename.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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[bug#29419] [RFC PATCH] gnu: Add rename. |
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Date: |
Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:32:22 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Marius Bakke <address@hidden> skribis:
> It installs an executable called 'rename' which conflicts with the
> (limited) one in util-linux, due to the latter being part of
> %base-packages.
Is this conflict a hindrance in practice?
> Are there preferences to either:
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> * Install this one as 'perl-rename'; or
> * Drop the `rename` executable from util-linux.
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> If there are no comments I'll go with the conservative #1.
Either way is fine with me. (At some point I’d like to avoid Perl
dependencies in %base-packages if possible, though.)
The util-linux change would be for ‘core-updates’, which maybe doesn’t
address your immediate needs.
Ludo’.