Bug#305512: conflicts with /usr/bin/kstart from kdebase-bin

[Jan Schumacher]

Package: kstart
Version: 2.3-2
Severity: normal


The file /usr/bin/kstart is also on kdebase-bin, but kstart does not
conflict with it. Would it be posssible to rename kstart's
/usr/bin/kstart to something like k4start, say, rather than including a
conflict? Thanbk You in advance.

Cheers
Jan

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
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  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-silab31
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Versions of packages kstart depends on:
ii  libc6   2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcomerr2  1.37-2   common error description library
ii  libkrb531.3.6-2  MIT Kerberos runtime libraries

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Bug#305512: conflicts with /usr/bin/kstart from kdebase-bin

[Russ Allbery]

Jan Schumacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Package: kstart
> Version: 2.3-2
> Severity: normal

> The file /usr/bin/kstart is also on kdebase-bin, but kstart does not
> conflict with it. Would it be posssible to rename kstart's
> /usr/bin/kstart to something like k4start, say, rather than including a
> conflict? Thanbk You in advance.

Ugh.  Sorry, I should have checked for conflicts.  (Hm, I wonder if
lintian could do something with apt-file)

This is going to be kind of annoying, since kstart has been called kstart
for longer than KDE has existed and a fair bit of stuff depends on its
name.  (It's been circulating around the schools that use Kerberos and AFS
for quite a while now.)  On the other hand, it is being phased out, so
while the renaming is going to be annoying for us here at Stanford, it's
probably a good idea anyway and we should just absorb the pain of changing
everything that calls it.

I'll see what I can do.  The next upload will at least declare the
conflict, but I'll probably go ahead and rename the binary.  It's
certainly easier for this kstart to be renamed than KDE!  :)

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Bug#305512: conflicts with /usr/bin/kstart from kdebase-bin

[Jan Schumacher]

On Wednesday 20 April 2005 19:35, Russ Allbery wrote:
> I'll see what I can do.  The next upload will at least declare the
> conflict, but I'll probably go ahead and rename the binary.  It's
> certainly easier for this kstart to be renamed than KDE!  :)

Yes, most likely KDE has more inertia in that respect. However, kstart is not 
essential, it is rather a convenience tool to change window parameters from 
the command line. In fact, I overwrote it with your version and I can still 
write this with kmail.

Cheers
Jan


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