Processed: Re: Bug#557431: general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 557431 wnpp Bug #557431 [general] general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once Bug reassigned from package 'general' to 'wnpp'. retitle 557431 RFP: posix-utils Bug #557431 [wnpp] general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once Changed Bug title to 'RFP: posix-utils' from 'general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once' thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#557431: general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once
Actually, it is known that some utilities are not POSIX-compliant, and will probably never be. At the same time, I believe that even though some of the packages aren't POSIX-compliant, having a POSIX-like environment can be useful. The point therefore is not to have a POSIX-compliant system, but merely to install the utilities specified by the `Shell and Utilities' volume. Dmitri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#557431: general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once
Package: general Severity: wishlist Currently no package exists that would allow installation of all utilities specified by the POSIX `Shell and utilities' volume: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/idx/utilities.html It is considered useful to have such a package, and one such package was actually created: https://edge.launchpad.net/~codedot/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/870564/+listing-archive-extra This bug is to suggest inclusion of this or a similar package into Debian operating system. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers karmic-updates APT policy: (500, 'karmic-updates'), (500, 'karmic-security'), (500, 'karmic-proposed'), (500, 'karmic-backports'), (500, 'karmic') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Bug#557431: general: there is no package to install all POSIX utilities at once
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 03:41:39AM +0200, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: Currently no package exists that would allow installation of all utilities specified by the POSIX `Shell and utilities' volume: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/idx/utilities.html It is considered useful to have such a package, and one such package was actually created: https://edge.launchpad.net/~codedot/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/870564/+listing-archive-extra This bug is to suggest inclusion of this or a similar package into Debian operating system. Such a package would be of little use since by default, these utilities are not POSIX-compliant. For example, patch is not POSIX-compliant by default and most patch systems rely on this non-POSIX behavior. Debian does not have a POSIX-compliant vi, since none of the implementations have open mode. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 713 440 7475 | http://crustytoothpaste.ath.cx/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
