From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Wilms Subject: util-linux and perl rename Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:10:24 +0100 Message-ID: <557fa862-5ec2-656a-9f4d-15f1a46f42dd@freenet.de> Reply-To: t_w_@freenet.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46806) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDKb-0002ts-3W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:13:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDKX-0002E8-NW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:13:12 -0500 Received: from mout0.freenet.de ([2001:748:100:40::2:2]:58882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDKT-00028p-RH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:13:06 -0500 Received: from [195.4.92.165] (helo=mjail2.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1gPDKQ-0002Y3-Po for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:13:02 +0100 Received: from [::1] (port=40440 helo=mjail2.freenet.de) by mjail2.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1gPDKQ-0000vc-P7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:13:02 +0100 Received: from sub6.freenet.de ([195.4.92.125]:46670) by mjail2.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1gPDHt-0006jx-M2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:10:25 +0100 Received: from p200300e4f3eeb30099e53bac7fc0af5a.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([2003:e4:f3ee:b300:99e5:3bac:7fc0:af5a]:51502) by sub6.freenet.de with esmtpsa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:256) (port 465) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1gPDHt-00024i-I6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:10:25 +0100 Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Guix-devel Hi Guix! I already had a "rename" binary via util-linux. Then I installed the package "rename", resulting in another "rename" binary, as I prefer the Perl version. This was a success in that I got what I wanted. However, should this name clash be considered a bug? Is there a policy for such circumstances? What happens that the newly installed "rename" gets precedence? The best info I found on the rename vs rename issue in general: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/275254/why-is-the-rename-utility-on-debian-ubuntu-different-than-the-one-on-other-distr -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/