Andre Alexander Bell wrote: > Hello! > > I'm using testing and while installing on my system I've noticed some thing > about the available package names. > > Examples: > If you want to _use_ telnet. Install package telnet. > If you want to _provide_ telnet. Install package telnetd. > If you want to _use_ ftp. Install package ftp. > If you want to _provide_ ftp. Install package ftpd. > If you want to _use_ ssh. Install package ssh. > If you want to _provide_ ssh... > > Oh, there is no sshd. This is part of ssh. Maybe it would be more convenient > if this is the same to all packages. To use the service you can start with > the package of the services name. (Sure there are alternatives) If you want > to provide a service use <servicename>d to install the daemon... > Or is there any problem with this naming convention?
http://bugs.debian.org/39741 http://bugs.debian.org/71864 Have a look at ppp, for a package that breaks your rule of thumb even more, for very good reasons (ppp is not a client-server protocol, though most people use it as one, and think of it as one). -- see shy jo
