symlink of /bin/open to /bin/openvt obsolete
Bug #342581 reported by
sehrgut
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kbd (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kbd
As of intrepid (8.10) and kbd 1.14.1-3ubuntu3, kbd installs a symlink from /bin/open to /bin/openvt. This legacy behaviour doesn't seem to be depended-upon by any scripts within the distro itself, which all refer to the appropriate /bin/openvt. I can understand keeping this functionality to avoid breaking scripts the distro uses (though any such scripts should be rewritten to use the more appropriate command name), but it really doesn't seem necessary to keep it. This would free a package such as xdg-utils to use the command 'open' as a link to something of more immediate utility, namely xdg-open.
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in kbd (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.