Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wanted to use /usr/bin/rename in a rules files, and wondered if it > would be present in minimal installs and chroots. To my surprise, > although this program is available on my computer running Etch from a > fresh install, no Debian package contains rename anymore (it was > provided by perl in Sarge).
rename is managed by the alternatives system (always the first thing to check if dpkg -S claims that something isn't provided by a package). The only package that I can find that provides the alternative is perl. > Can I use it safely for building a package since I can not build-depend > on it and it does not seem to be contained in an essential package ? You do need a build-depends since prename is provided by perl, not perl-base. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
