Hi, Dominik wrote: > Maybe the MINIX programs should be talken out of miscutils and form > a seperate package? Seems justified ...
That's what Guy is already about to do *browsing through mail archive* : >From: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: A better miscutils >Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 05:56:23 -0600 (CST) > >I'm the maintainer of miscutils, a big and ugly package. Here's a >proposal that I would like to implement. > >I will eliminate two packages - chfn and last. > >I will create three packages - fsutils, loginutils, and fdutils. The >first two will be base packages. fdutils is already being maintained >by Michael Meskes. > >Several programs will definitely be added - vipw, vigr, ipcs, ipcrm, >and which. I am considering three other programs - hostid, namei, and >whereis. Please give me your opinions on whether you think these three >are important. > >Here's a table which shows the new contents of fsutils, loginutils, >and miscutils. > >Program: Old New > Package: Package: > >cfdisk miscutils fsutils >fdisk miscutils fsutils >fsck.minix miscutils fsutils >mkfs miscutils fsutils >mkfs.minix miscutils fsutils >mkswap miscutils fsutils > >fdformat miscutils fdutils (fdutils includes several >setfdprm miscutils fdutils other programs) > >chfn chfn loginutils >chsh chfn loginutils >getty miscutils loginutils >last last loginutils >login miscutils loginutils >newgrp miscutils loginutils >passwd miscutils loginutils >vigr - loginutils >vipw - loginutils > >arch miscutils miscutils >clock miscutils miscutils >dmesg miscutils miscutils >getopt miscutils miscutils >installkernel miscutils miscutils >ipcrm - miscutils >ipcs - miscutils >kbdrate miscutils miscutils >mkboot miscutils miscutils >more miscutils miscutils >rdev miscutils miscutils >run-parts miscutils miscutils >sync miscutils miscutils >tunelp miscutils miscutils >update miscutils miscutils >which - miscutils > >hostid(?) - miscutils >namei(?) - miscutils >whereis(?) - miscutils > > >The two new packages will make any future Debian upgrades, such as >fdisk3.0 or shadow password support, much easier. All relevant >programs are already grouped together. > >I believe the new system to be much cleaner, but I may have overlooked >something. Any input would be appreciated. I think he will anyway accept my changes, even if he's just reworking things. Frank
