Source: ed Version: 1.9-1 Severity: grave Justification: FHS violation and breaks software
tl;dr: FHS says that *if* ed(1) is installed, it MUST either be installed as /bin/ed or be reachable at that location as symlink. https://www.mirbsd.org/mksh_old.htm#editor refers to: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SPECIFICOPTIONS2 The following programs, or symbolic links to programs, must be in /bin if the corresponding subsystem is installed: Command Description csh The C shell (optional) ed The `ed' editor (optional) tar The tar archiving utility (optional) […] While it’s a bit sad that ed(1) is not required, this makes it clear that programs *can* assume that ed is reachable as /bin/ed if installed (and a Depends will take care of that) and so *will* assume that. Please either, preferably, move ed back to /bin where it belongs so I can repair /usr-less systems or, at least, put there a symlink so that FHS compliance is restored. bye, //mirabilos PS: offline till Sunday evening, at least; I just happened to see this in my INBOX before sleep -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
