Control: reassign -1 ncbi-blast+ Control: retitle -1 please rename /usr/bin/legacy_blast to /usr/bin/legacy_blast.pl
Le Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 06:26:56PM +0100, Patrice DUROUX a écrit : > Package: t-coffee > Version: 10.00.r1613-1 > Severity: wishlist > > ncbi-blast+ package is installed and regarding t_coffee default output (see > bellow), it doesn't seem to recognize it. I suspect the reason of this is > that ncbi-blast+ provides /usr/bin/legacy_blast and not > /usr/bin/legacy_blast.pl Is it possible to change this default in your > package or is this a trouble with ncbi-blast+ package? (I remember > discussion in Debian dev mailing list about having or not this kind of > extension such as .pl in command name) And finally may be t_coffee is able to > suggest it then? Hello Patrice, this is one of Debian's favorite waste of time: renaming programs and dealign with the incompatibilities that it causes. Personally, I strongly disagree with this policy, but as usual, some people who are not doing the work are vocal enough to block changes. My suggestion would be to distribute the upstream program under its real name (/usr/bin/legacy_blast.pl), and transiently distribute a symbolic link to help the users that we tricked thinking that its name was different. I have also added ncbi-blast+ to the Suggests list of t-coffee, this will take effect after the next upload. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
