If the package replaces the utilities from findutils and is commandline
compatible, you might want to find out how dpkg-divert and update-alternatives
work. I'd vote for update-alternatives. In any case please negotiate with
the findutils maintainer.
Regards,
Joey
Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> Anyone give any thought to packaging Secure Locate 1.2? Is there any way to
> package this without it conflicting with the standard locate provided in
> findutils?
>
> This seems like a much better way to enhance privacy without running
> updatedb as nobody and thus making users unable to 'locate' files in their
> own private directories.
>
> I'd do this myself, but I haven't been accepted as a maintainer yet,
> findutils is part of the required base install which I'd rather not be
> resposible for breaking, and slocate might require some special permissions
> which could decrease security in a ways I haven't fully explored yet.
>
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