FS#32772 - [openbsd-netcat, gnu-netcat] please don't conflict with gnu-netcat

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Opened by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 17:04 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:59 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 3
Private No

Details

Several packages depend on either openbsd-netcat or gnu-netcat, and it's starting to become problematic when upgrading packages (at least for me), since I have to choose between uninstalling one or the other half of the applications I have installed that uses netcat, because of the conflict.

Since gnu-netcat is the most used package according to pkgstats, and since it is in [extra], would it be possible to rename /usr/bin/nc to /usr/bin/nc-openbsd and not conflict?

I believe that would solve more problems than it would create.

Thanks
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Closed by  Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  it will be fixed in packages that requires gnu-netcat directly.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 17:12 GMT
This used to be like that until today which was changed trying to solve issues with virt-manager and libvirt.
Maybe instead dependency of said packages should point to netcat and not any specific implementation.
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 20:29 GMT
See  FS#32767 . Also I added todo list. May be maintainers can change gnu-netcat dep to virtual netcat dep.
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:58 GMT
"gnu-netcat vs openbsd-netcat" todo is mostly done - https://www.archlinux.org/todolists/

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