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FS#45406 - [vim] should packages providing xxd be marked as such?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Corentin Delcourt (codl) - Sunday, 21 June 2015, 16:18 GMT
Last edited by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Monday, 04 January 2016, 20:39 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

vim, gvim, and their python3 counterparts all provide /bin/xxd. An AUR package that I maintain relies on xxd for building, and it seems wrong to put vim in makedepends, considering vim is a huge text editor, xxd is a small utility, and xxd is also available as a standalone package on the AUR. The xxd package on the AUR conflicts with vim and gvim, unfortunately.

Shouldn't vim and its variants have provides=('xxd')? This way I could put xxd in my package's makedepends and a user wanting to build it would not have to install vim if they don't have it, they could build xxd from the AUR.
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Closed by  Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
Monday, 04 January 2016, 20:39 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Comment by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Sunday, 21 June 2015, 16:37 GMT
Side note: xxd should probably be in the common vim-runtime as it is in distributions like Fedora since there's no difference based on the configuration options varying between the packages.
Comment by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Monday, 29 June 2015, 17:07 GMT
+1 for provides=('xxd')

As of moving xxd to vim-runtime I have no strong opinion. vim-runtime package is for shared syntax/plugin files, not for binaries.
Comment by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Monday, 29 June 2015, 17:31 GMT
Just pushed 7.4.764 that provides 'xxd' to [testing]. Daniel, if you feel that vim/xxd binaries should be reorganized please file a separate ticket so we can keep discussing it there.

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