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On 20.08.2011 11:05, Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin wrote: > Thank you. I've been looking for a not-too-long, easy-to-remember name > for binary/command, so (it may be a silly question) can package name and > binary name be different - package name: 'news-rss-ticker' and > binary/command: 'news'? yes, that's certainly possible, although we as distributor tend to refrain from such changes and let upstream decide how to call their programs. As you are upstream yourself, you might be able just to rename it. The problem with /usr/bin/news is its generic name in a globally shared name space. In fact there is a already /usr/bin/news in the package sysnews making yours providing it as well a policy violation. Please see Debian policy § 10.1 [1] in general and examples like [2][3] for a little more background. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-binaries [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/02/msg00001.html [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611698 - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOT3rDAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNttGkQAKBsTl9hD10hfr/yW7153sdQ v06Ne4Y56gjNO69/7Ebg4jLzzryec7dUwr02E0C3jaGD/K+kY7W2CpU7nmi6KJdN PMh7S+Yz1090oCfc93aCR7wz3Ni44JpiPPmiMKTVy8J+eL8MpAIWMrddECELYJtr tpEYrmisf7Q4HpVTgoQFpnbszOGBKnmecb7bYScqkjUiVpMH/bVp7ibXcbh5sc4a wDQU3BGsFitwLq/FOleQSYyFacqaHZmrZza2mwSMUHw8uxm7vFhzyjFqwkl8E0cF maO4gE89bBD1BlR4dHSsOOZXWX7dYtD1c/gFpjDlZkHFXlBGdyWLaGlmJzhdmjXk S9XUf6dCVyuhUS5bMgT7TC5bKqkR+jOWsbCxsCwjga3bUitI4ZGhDfetaT29qYEA 7lilFaA4pxrZn0pNIId+VsQm0St5i9zYAZQe3s5kFO5nTQlhL0OBCElwcel/JTcw cQaQLn5D0P3QPh8ODUN5WDzFyAqD6NeOGaGHtDMkiDyJY03QfObdsywd3JZfc2vq YYLZNafs/+nYE0tuEbD/Q/mIIiGK4X+iGUJzu11yHcIXg7IA7hg5psIhNKqs5BRY Dvtki5eFiH2ENlHpRrhs5JC2FksAJqjo69gF4jtUK2noKFiycW3ox2+BALFBlpEf Xg1Fhvvp6lnQ6Y99tri4 =a2Ia -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
