Package: util-linux Version: 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I am trying to package bootiso <https://github.com/jsamr/bootiso>, which depends on util-linux >= 2.26 and requires the "column" command and its numerous features, specifically -d, -N and -W flags. However, since the bsdmainutils "column" is used instead, this dependency cannot be honored for debian. This is a huge, blocking problem to properly ship bootiso utility. Luckuly, being upstream author I can write some hard-coded checks to control supported flags. But the general idea that one author cannot rely on the presence of appropriate versions of utilities as central to GNU/Linux as those shipped in "util-linux" is troublesome. The rule responsible for disabling column utility is available here: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/util-linux/-/blob/68f9a3a314831acb19ed09ae2b598a9e471d8c46/debian/rules#L38 I have read https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908975 but the proposed resolution, to add a "-o" option in bsdmainutils, doesn't address bootiso users issue. Please note I am writing from Ubuntu, but that has no incidence on the scope of the present report. See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1705437 which defers the issue to Debian maintainers. -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers focal-updates APT policy: (500, 'focal-updates'), (500, 'focal-security'), (500, 'focal'), (100, 'focal-backports') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-31-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii libaudit1 1:2.8.5-2ubuntu6 ii libblkid1 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 ii libc6 2.31-0ubuntu9 ii libcap-ng0 0.7.9-2.1build1 ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.10-10ubuntu4 ii libmount1 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 ii libpam0g 1.3.1-5ubuntu4 ii libselinux1 3.0-1build2 ii libsmartcols1 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 ii libsystemd0 245.4-4ubuntu3 ii libtinfo6 6.2-0ubuntu2 ii libudev1 245.4-4ubuntu3 ii libuuid1 2.34-0.1ubuntu9 ii login 1:4.8.1-1ubuntu5 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1 util-linux recommends no packages. Versions of packages util-linux suggests: ii dosfstools 4.1-2 ii kbd 2.0.4-4ubuntu2 pn util-linux-locales <none> -- no debconf information
