David Wright [2019-07-25T23:21:06-05] wrote: > I was under the impression that /etc/alternatives is the mechanism by > which "rename" can be used for two different commands, prename and > file-rename, which would otherwise collide with the name > /usr/bin/rename.
If several packages provide different version of the same basic program or other file then alternatives system can be used. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-alternatives.html I think bsdmainutils and util-linux packages could both rename the conflicting files and use alternatives system to provide option for common file /usr/bin/column (and man pages). -- /// OpenPGP key: 4E1055DC84E9DFF613D78557719D69D324539450 // https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=tliko...@iki.fi / https://keybase.io/tlikonen https://github.com/tlikonen
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