On Mon, 2018-07-30 at 08:46 +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 07/28/2018 11:57 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > did you see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903931#47 > > > and following? > > > > It didn't show up on this bug's message log because you didn't write > > the control commands properly. > > I first dealt with #903931 by writing to it, and later merge #902936 > with #903931. Can you explain how I wrote thecontrol commands for > merging the bugs "not properly"?
I was thinking that the incorrectly formatted commands in your explanatory message were part of the reason it didn't show up on this bug log. But that was before the merge. You still haven't explained why, having fixed a bug, you then reopened and reassigned it. But I don't care to argue with you. > > it doesn't answer why it's OK to install that version of zcat as a > > replacement for > > GNU zcat. > > The zutils package description is: > > Description: utilities for dealing with compressed files transparently > Zutils is a collection of utilities for dealing with any combination > of compressed and non-compressed files transparently. Currently the > supported compressors are gzip, bzip2, lzip, and xz. > > or in other words: That's the whole point of the package in the first place. [...] I understand and recognise the value of handling all the compression formats automatically. The problem is that changing the meaning of options is *not* transparent. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.
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