Also, I notice that the coreutils.preinst in the Debian package has slightly inferior cross-references to the one in the Ubuntu package:
diff --exclude='*~' -ruN debian/coreutils-5.96/debian/coreutils.preinst coreutils-5.96-5ubuntu1/debian/coreutils.preinst --- debian/coreutils-5.96/debian/coreutils.preinst 2006-07-03 17:14:06.000000000 +0100 +++ coreutils-5.96-5ubuntu1/debian/coreutils.preinst 2006-07-03 17:14:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ done # work around stupid dpkg diversion of md5sum -# get rid of this for etch+1, I don't think there's a better solution until then +# Debian #340119, #289369, #313258; Ubuntu (Malone) #26886 case "$2" in '' | 4.* | 5.?.*) # coreutils 5.93-1 onwards do this, so we can avoid doing The comment about getting rid of this in the future is covered by later more expansive language. Regards, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]