Package: gcp
Version: 0.1.3-2
Severity: normal
I started to wonder, why starting a new uxterm is so slow. Then I
found this in the output of of "ps auxf":
juhtolv 4392 0.1 0.7 12916 3852 ? S 15:01 0:00 xterm -class
UXTerm -title uxterm -u8 -geometry 174x57+0+0
juhtolv 4396 0.3 0.3 7176 1808 pts/18 Ss 15:01 0:00 \_ -zsh
juhtolv 4664 0.7 0.5 8328 3020 pts/18 D+ 15:02 0:00 \_
/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gcp --help
juhtolv 4665 0.0 0.1 5248 672 pts/18 S+ 15:02 0:00 \_ grep
-i gnu.org
I know exactly, why that happened. Here are relevant parts from
startup-files of my shell:
---- Clip here ----
# Sun Solaris has gazillion GNU utils, that has g added in the
# beginning of their names. I try to (ab)use them,
# Some more alias to avoid making mistakes:
if gcp --help 2>&1 | grep -i "gnu.org" > /dev/null 2>&1
then
alias cp='gcp -i -p'
else
alias cp='cp -i -p'
fi
---- Clip here ----
I have no more access to computers running Sun Solaris, so I can
comment away those lines from init files of my shell. Now that part is
substituted with this:
---- Clip here ----
# Meanwhile, let's stick with this:
alias cp='cp -i -p'
---- Clip here ----
But I am sure users of Sun Solaris will become upset because of that
name clash. Hence, the upstream author of this software must find a
better name for that command that runs his/her software.
This is not the first time something like this happens: That famous
editor alled nano ("Nano's ANOther editor") was first named to tip
("tip isn't pico"), because it is a free clone of pico. When author of
that text editor was looking for a name for his text editor, he
checked commands of some GNU/Linux-distributions and free BSD
-operating systems in order to avoid name clashes. Hence, tip was
chosen to be the name of his text editor. Later somebody told to that
author, that Sun Solaris already has a command called "tip".
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500,
'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (102, 'testing'), (101,
'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gcp depends on:
ii python 2.7.3~rc2-1
ii python-dbus 1.1.0-1
ii python-gobject 3.2.2-1
Versions of packages gcp recommends:
ii python-progressbar 2.2-2
gcp suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Juhapekka "naula" Tolvanen * http colon slash slash iki dot fi slash juhtolv
"Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur."
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