#1076222 tcpd,tcm: install program with same name (tcpd)

Package:
tcpd,tcm
Source:
tcpd tcm
Submitter:
Chris Hofstaedtler
Date:
2025-02-27 12:54:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1076222#5
Date:
2024-07-12 18:26:32 UTC
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Hi,

your packages tcpd and tcm both install a program
named "tcpd", although in different components of the PATH.

As this is confusing and a possible source of bugs, policy bug
#1075856 wants to outlaw this.

Please find a solution for your packages. Ideas:
1) if one of the programs is an internal implementation detail of
the package, install it into a private path in /usr/lib instead.
2) rename one of the programs
3) rename both of the programs

Thanks,
Chris
#1076222#12
Date:
2024-07-12 21:53:16 UTC
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reassign -1 tcm
/usr/sbin/tcpd has been there since 1990 and is basically a public API.
tcm is unmaintained abandonware and its popcon count has been declining
for 15 years.
#1076222#19
Date:
2024-11-17 16:49:07 UTC
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Hi Marco, Andreas,

Have you come closer to a solution in the recent months?
Andreas, you've uploaded tcm recently. What do you think about
renaming tcm's tcpd? Or moving it out of PATH?

Chris
#1076222#24
Date:
2025-02-26 15:47:03 UTC
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Anything?

Chris
#1076222#29
Date:
2025-02-27 04:14:24 UTC
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I don't really care, but given the low popcon the renaming should
probably happen in tcm.


Andreas