Actually, the REAL problem here is that fundamental, documented behavior
has been changed in an LTS release.

The is a symptom of a larger problem: established norms randomly
changing with every new release, completely breaking backwards
compatibility.

Where in the world did the "fromdos" and "todos" commands come from?

It's like the ubuntu devs changing the "ls" command to "listdir" from
one release to another.  You can only imagine the uproar that would
create as scripts break, people riot, cities burn down.

Someone shouldn't HAVE to create symlinks from "dos2unix" to "fromdos",
or from "unix2dos" to "todos" upon installing a new version of Ubuntu.
It should not have changed.

What is the point or incentive of learning to use Ubuntu if half the
things you know change drastically every six months?

If the Ubuntu team decides the the "tofrodos" utilities are inadequate,
then create another package.

Same bug noted here.

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[lucid] dos2unix is not in tofrodos but dos2unix
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523264
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