On 01/01/12 00:42, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:34:52 +0000 (UTC), I wrote: >>> Until recently, there was a file /usr/bin/gmplayer that was just a link to >>> /usr/bin/mplayer. > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:30:42 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> gmplayer and mplayer are different binaries. > >>From /usr/bin in a recent backup: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 18 2011 gmplayer -> mplayer
Interesting - I'm unable to reproduce that. The only reason I can think of (in 60 seconds) is that I'm not pulling mplayer or mplayer-gui from multimedia. > > Looks like they're the same binary to me (gmplayer being just a link to > mplayer). Perhaps you only have the mplayer-gui package installed - though if it's from the Debian repositories it doesn't explain the different package date. > Unless you consider a link to be a separate binary in itself. > No. :-) Perhaps this will make it a little easier to see:- Only "mplayer" installed (from Debian) scott@t22:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep mplayer mplayer install scott@t22:~$ ls -sl /usr/bin | grep mplayer 4064 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4161172 Aug 2 2010 mplayer ============================================ Only "mplayer-gui" installed (from Debian) scott@t60:~$ ls -sl /usr/bin | grep mplayer 4464 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4570264 Aug 2 2010 gmplayer 4064 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4161172 Aug 2 2010 mplayer scott@t60:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep mplayer mplayer install mplayer-gui install mplayer-skin-blue install Cheers -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- 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/4effab2b.9010...@gmail.com