[arch-dev-public] [RFC] util-linux-2.22 new binaries - conflicts

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Sun Jul 29 21:01:36 EDT 2012


On 30/07/12 10:48, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> util-linux-2.22-rc1 is available, and I'm preparing for the final release.
> 
> A few binaries have been merged from other packages, so we need to
> decide where we want to let them live
> 
>  * /bin/kill has been merged from the procps-ng project. Opinions?
>  * /usr/bin/eject has been merged from the long-dead eject project. I
> intend to drop the "eject" package and let util-linux provide this.
>  * /bin/su has been merged from coreutils. This is going to get
> dropped from there so we want this, unless I'm mistaken?

Yes.

>  * /sbin/sulogin, /usr/bin/last and /usr/bin/utmpdump have been merged
> from sysvinit. This makes sense as we want those even when sysvinit is
> not installed. Objections?
>  * /bin/wdctl and /usr/bin/lslocks appear to be new.
> 
> I threw up some packages, if people want to take them for a spin (note
> that there will be file conflicts):
> <https://dev.archlinux.org/~tomegun/util-linux-2.22-0.1-i686.pkg.tar.xz>
> <https://dev.archlinux.org/~tomegun/util-linux-2.22-0.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz>
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom
> 
> 



More information about the arch-dev-public mailing list