On 2010-11-03 15:05:55 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > On 11/03/2010 01:44 PM, Phil Requirements wrote: > > I find that the column utility belongs to bsdmainutils package, so > > it's a BSD application, not a GNU one. I think it would make sense to > > file a bug, since you want to offer an improvement. > > Thanks for point that bsdmainutils out. I had been using FreeBSD for a > few years before using Linux. I wonder which is the true upstream of > bsdmainutils? I might file the bug in FreeBSD project, if it is the > upstream of this Linux package, and hope the changes slip in Linux in a > few years. >
It's definitely hard to know where to file a bug for these old unix apps that are so widespread. Thanks for bringing up this discussion of the column utility. I am having fun using it. I just did: aptitude update | column -t Much better! Phil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101103230257.ga4...@kasploosh.net
