#557427 cssc: many SCCS utilities are not in the default PATH

Package:
cssc
Source:
cssc
Description:
Clone of the Unix SCCS revision-control system
Submitter:
Dmitri Vorobiev
Date:
2022-01-07 10:21:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#557427#5
Date:
2009-11-22 00:46:13 UTC
From:
To:
The `cssc' package provides a set of SCCS utilities with binaries
buried in /usr/lib/cssc. This bug is to request putting symlinks
to these utilities to /usr/bin to have them usable not only via
the `sccs' frontend but also directly.

Note that POSIX specifies that at least the following utilities
be available under the DEVELOPMENT option: `admin', `delta', `get',
`prs', `rmdel', `sact', `unget', `val', `what'. All those utilities
are already present in the cssc package, but not visible in the
default PATH.

The GNU make utility expects that the `get' command is available
when building SCCS-based projects. For example, consider the
following situation:

dmvo@cipher:/tmp/cssc$ ls
SCCS
dmvo@cipher:/tmp/cssc$ make
get   SCCS/s.Makefile
1.1
4 lines
Hello World!
dmvo@cipher:/tmp/cssc$ ls
Makefile  SCCS
dmvo@cipher:/tmp/cssc$

Here, `make' used `get' to retrive the Makefile itself. Currently,
`make' would not work properly with the default installation of
the cssc package.
#557427#10
Date:
2009-11-22 08:26:37 UTC
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To:
Given that sccs is a legacy system, and that other major unices do not
have them in their default PATH (eg. Solaris requires you to add
/usr/ccs/bin to you PATH to get them), I find it reasonable to let the
user the Debian user add /usr/lib/cssc to his own, and not deviate
from upstream.

Given that you're not the 1st person to request this, I guess it would
make sense to add a note in README.Debian about that.

Best regards,
#557427#15
Date:
2020-01-14 05:28:40 UTC
From:
To:
One reason why these utilities might be added to PATH is that the make
utility expects them to be there. The $(GET) variable, for instance, is
set to "get" and not to "sccs get".

I think it's reasonable to expect that if I install a package, it should
integrate to the system out-of-the-box and not require me to set up the
appropriate paths. It may be a legacy system but it doesn't come
pre-packaged with Debian so I don't think anyone would be bothered by
this feature.
#557427#22
Date:
2021-12-20 14:38:23 UTC
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To:
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#557427#27
Date:
2022-01-04 13:38:16 UTC
From:
To:
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#557427#32
Date:
2022-01-05 11:01:19 UTC
From:
To:
Permit I talk with you please, is about Mrs. Anna.
#557427#37
Date:
2022-01-07 10:12:49 UTC
From:
To:
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