Package: util-linux Version: 2.40.2-11 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: bugs.debian....@wongs.net
Dear Maintainer, I read that mesg and write were removed recently because "people use more secure methods of chatting nowadays." I am guessing this is related to the recent security problem where Debian defaulted to 'mesg n' and 'write' was not filtering Esc. Simply removing the programs may seem like a fix, but unfortunately it is not so easy. These are POSIX.2 shell tools which work universally and it would be a shame if Debian were to be the incompatible UNIX. Thanks, --Ben -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.11.9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii libblkid1 2.40.2-11 ii libc6 2.40-3 ii libcap-ng0 0.8.5-3+b1 ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.36-5 ii libmount1 2.40.2-11 ii libpam-modules 1.5.3-7+b1 ii libpam-runtime 1.5.3-7 ii libpam0g 1.5.3-7+b1 ii libselinux1 3.7-3+b1 ii libsmartcols1 2.40.2-11 ii libsystemd0 257~rc2-3 ii libtinfo6 6.5-2+b1 ii libudev1 257~rc2-3 ii libuuid1 2.40.2-11 Versions of packages util-linux recommends: ii sensible-utils 0.0.24 Versions of packages util-linux suggests: ii dosfstools 4.2-1.1 ii kbd 2.6.4-3 ii util-linux-extra 2.40.2-11 ii util-linux-locales 2.40.2-11 pn wtmpdb <none> -- no debconf information
