Comment 6 for bug 161126

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Endolith (endolith) wrote : Re: Package name misleading

"maybe ddrescue could be a virtual package which depends on gddrescue, dd_rescue and dd_rhelp thus providing a variety of options for attempting data recovery."

I think that would make it even more confusing. Even the creator of dd_rescue and dd_rhelp recommends using GNU ddrescue as a replacement, if I recall.