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Package: cmdtest
Severity: normal

Hi,

> # apt install yarn
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Note, selecting 'cmdtest' instead of 'yarn'

https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/

Users wanting to install yarn are probably not expecting cmdtest. I'm not sure 
where the relation between cmdtest and yarn comes from but I think this isn't 
right.

Gr,

Olaf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages cmdtest depends on:
ii  python            2.7.15-3
pn  python-cliapp     <none>
pn  python-markdown   <none>
pn  python-ttystatus  <none>

cmdtest recommends no packages.

cmdtest suggests no packages.

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On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 11:53:54AM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Users wanting to install yarn are probably not expecting cmdtest.
> I'm not sure where the relation between cmdtest and yarn comes from
> but I think this isn't right.

cmdtest provides /usr/bin/yarn. The "Provides: yarn" is there to make
it easier for users who want my yarn to get it installed.

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