#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 | -----------------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Replying to [comment:5 stephane.plaisance@…]:
Why not installing all (OSX compatible) apps and let the user adapt his PATH and aliases to use the one he wishes? I know other ports that do not care about apps already being present which allows users to get a more recent second version in /opt/local/bin (and sometime more complete version) of softs that come old in OSX /usr/bin.
The question is: are the versions of the various programs contained in util-linux later versions of the same software already in OS X, or are they different implementations with differences in their interfaces? This question comes up a lot with other software, since OS X includes BSD versions of many utilities (such as `awk` and `sed`), which are different from the GNU utilities of the same name, and installing GNU utilities of the same names on an OS X system causes serious breakage of other software, which is why we don't do that in MacPorts (we prefix GNU versions with "g", as in `gawk` and `gsed`). It's not just a question of a user needing to edit their PATH for their own convenience outside of MacPorts; it's a question of whether having a more full-featured util- linux installed has the potential to cause other unrelated MacPorts ports to fail to build. We would want to avoid such a situation.
I hope Soulyeller can fix the installer dependency problem (and maybe add back more apps?)
Which installer dependency problem are you talking about? The util-linux port, such as it is, installs fine for me. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44696#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X