/usr/bin/readlink is present on both 10.6 and 10.5.

  -- Dave

On Jun 27, 2012, at 7:44 AM, TheSin wrote:

> it turns out that Lion have /usr/bin/readlink as well, can anyone confirm 
> this on 10.6/10.5 if so then it won't matter if I replace debianutils.
> ---
> TS
> http://www.southofheaven.org/
> Life begins and ends with chaos, live between the chaos!
> 
> On 2012-06-26, at 12:10 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> 
>> On 6/26/12 11:04 AM, TheSin wrote:
>>> I'm working on updating all the debian packages, one that is seriously out 
>>> of date is debianutils, newer debianutils no longer provides mktemp or read 
>>> link these are all part of coretuils.
>>> 
>>> I have already updated the 3 packages that were using readlink in 10.7: 
>>> php5, libmpfr4, valgrind, I added a BuildDepend on coreutils and change the 
>>> call to use greadlink, these are build only changes (except in the case of 
>>> php5) so no rev up was required.
>>> 
>>> in the case of mktemp, the current packages make calls to it:
>>> 
>>> nettle4
>>> netpbm
>>> php5
>>> lapack341
>>> 
>>> This one is a little more tricky, /usr/bin/mktemp exists on lion but some 
>>> of the switches are different, the other options is to use coreutils and 
>>> call gmktemp, these packages will require more input as some are runtime 
>>> and I don't feel comfortable changing them without knowing the packages and 
>>> how they work.
>>> 
>>> I'll be fixing php5, I'm hope the other three packages could get updated so 
>>> I may upgrade debianutils.
>>> ---
>>> TS
>>> http://www.southofheaven.org/
>>> Life begins and ends with chaos, live between the chaos!
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> As an addendum:  Apple provides mktemp as far back as Leopard, so people
>> do have the option not to drag in coreutils.
>> 
>> lapack341 just switched over to Apple's mktemp.
>> -- 
>> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
>> Fink User Liaison
>> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> 
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