> what's the point? Surely you want the best, not necessarily the GNU > version (which might be an incredibly bleeding-edge pre-alpha thing, > like for example mailutils was not so long ago)?
OK, let's just say I like the GNU guys and would like them to know if there are any bugs in their stuff, otherwise how will it improve? And mawk: development halted years ago. Wouldn't any awk bugs I find be better reported for gawk? So, how does one find the rest of the packages on one's system that "Conflicts:" with genuine GNU alternative packages. >From the tone of your message, I bet there are lots that you fellows have pre-chosen for us new debian users. So far I have discovered mawk, and mailx. So, out with it, what are the rest?