Package: expect-dev Version: 5.43.0-17 Severity: normal
I heavily use some of the scripts that come with expect, i.e. unbuffer and kibitz. Installed from source on other OSs (i.e. Solaris), these scripts get installed to a normal bin dir by default. Under Debian, older versions installed to some doc location, and newer versions install to a bin directory but with the name prefixed with "expect_". Both behaviors cause problems, especially for other scripts that call unbuffer. If I had to pick, I'd prefer the older behavior -- at least I could set $PATH to encompass both the expect doc dir and the normal bin dirs, and then scripts could find unbuffer wherever it is. The "expect_" prefix requires an additional level of detection to figure out the appropriate script name on this system. Even better would be to install the scripts with the normal name to /usr/bin, i.e. /usr/bin/unbuffer. This is somewhat similar to the spirit of bug 495605, but I didn't think that bug goes far enough. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages expect-dev depends on: ii expect 5.43.0-17 A program that can automate intera ii tcl8.4-dev 8.4.19-2 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8 ii tk8.4-dev 8.4.19-2 Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 - expect-dev recommends no packages. expect-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
