* Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@debian.org>, 2015-12-18, 16:24:
Section 6.4 "Nest practices for maintainer script" has a pathfind()
function which it suggests copy & pasting into maintainer scripts. It
suggests "which" as an alternative that requires /usr.
I think "best practices" and "copy and paste this function" are
contradictionary. Given that /usr is *always* available when
maintainer scripts are run, using `which` should be just fine.
Also, which(1) has been available in /bin for a while:
| debianutils (2.12.0) unstable; urgency=medium
|
[...]
| * debian/rules: move which to /bin and leave a compatibility
| symlink in /usr/bin. The symlink will be dropped at a
| later date. closes: #295058.
|
| -- Clint Adams <sch...@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:01:09 -0500
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Jakub Wilk
