Hi all I am using the [Unix password manager pass][0] out of the [Debian password-store package][2].
[0]: https://www.passwordstore.org/ [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/password-store passmenu, a very useful script for users of tiling window managers, is nowadays [bundled with pass upstream][3] and is also [available in the Debian package][4]. [3]: https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/tree/contrib/dmenu [4]: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/password-store/-/tree/master/contrib/dmenu?ref_type=heads However, on my machine, the passmenu script is installed to $ dpkg -S passmenu pass: /usr/share/doc/pass/examples/dmenu/passmenu Before raising a bug against the pass package I wanted to understand whether this is correct? Why would an executable script end up in /usr/share/doc? Assuming it is correct, how would I use the script as it is packaged in Debian? 1. On Wayland, the upstream passmenu uses dmenu-wl internally which is not packaged in Debian. wmenu is a good alternative and available on Debian stable. 2. I've tried symlinking /usr/share/doc/.../passmenu in ~/.local/bin and have defined a dmenu-wl function in my ~/.bashrc: dmenu-wl () { wmenu; } export -f dmenu-wl Now I can run passmenu from the CLI, but it doesn't start from wmenu-run and instead fails with /home/alex/.local/bin/passmenu: line 27: dmenu-wl: command not found Where would I have to put the function definition for the invocation from wmenu-run to also work? 3. Replacing dmenu=dmenu-wl with dmenu=wmenu in the script works for both CLI and wmenu-run invocation of passmenu, but I would prefer not making manual changes to package provided files. Any ideas on how I can use passmenu without creating a copy of the script and applying my manual correction from dmenu-wl to wmenu? Thanks in advance for your help. PS: Please keep me CC'ed as I am not subscribed to [email protected] -- Alex # No gods, no masters. # 47A5 9C45 FA69 E651 25ED 0B98 9891 FC5D 3C3C 4426
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