#44696: util-linux missing the 'column' command -----------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: stephane.plaisance@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: util-linux | -----------------------------------+-------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * cc: ryandesign@…, soulyeller@… (added) Comment: Replying to [comment:3 stephane.plaisance@…]:
I indeed had /usr/bin/column on a time machine from July which I restored (tanks for that) but it is now gone (maybe deleted by some later installation!)
/usr/bin/column is on all OS X machines I have access to, from version 10.4 through 10.9. If it is missing on your system, then your OS X installation is incomplete and you should restore this file from your backups or reinstall OS X.
This is not explaining why the port package does not reinstall it and I am probably missing other exe from this same package
Certainly, no port would install anything in /usr; ports install in /opt/local (or whatever your MacPorts prefix is). Further, the util-linux port has never installed the `column` program. My guess was that the submitter of the port elected not to install that utility because OS X already includes it. However that does not explain why the port does install the `colcrt` program, which OS X also already includes. soulyeller, when you submitted this port, how did you select which programs to have this port install? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44696#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X