Ubuntu
aspell package

ispell compatibility scripts in nonsensical place

Bug #188077 reported by J. J. Ramsey
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aspell (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: aspell

For some reason, the compatibility scripts "ispell" and "spell", which replace the real ispell and spell programs, are stuffed in the directory /usr/share/doc/aspell/examples rather than placed more straightforwardly in, say, an "aspell-compat" package. It's certainly counterintuitive, since the scripts are neither documentation nor meant as examples.

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in aspell:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Brian Nelson (pyro-debian) wrote :

They're now located in /usr/lib/aspell in the, errm, libaspell15 (in Debian anyway), which I guess is slightly better.

They can't be installed in /usr/bin using the alternatives system since they aren't fully functional drop-in replacements for the real spell/ispell programs. I'm not sure if they're even worth packaging at all.

Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in aspell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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