[Bug 988925] Re: util-linux no longer provides ddate

[Patola]

make install? COME ON! This is too reckless. What's the point in having
a system with such a sophisticated package management if you try to opt
out of it by scattering files around the filesystem? You should be
ashamed.

This is a more responsible recipe (run as root):

$ sudo su -
# apt-get source util-linux
# sed -i 's/2.20.1-1ubuntu3/2.20.1-2/' util-linux-2.20.1/debian/changelog ; sed -i 's/--enable-raw --enable-rdev --enable-partx/--enable-ddate --enable-raw --enable-rdev --enable-partx/' util-linux-2.20.1/debian/rules
# ( cd util-linux-2.20.1 && dpkg-buildpackage )
# dpkg -i util-linux_2.20.1-2_*.deb
# ddate
<Ctrl-D>

These commands download, build and install util-linux_2.20.1-2, which is
one minor version more "recent" than the current util-
linux_2.20.1-1ubuntu3, so until the next version (which I trust will
have this roadblocker bug fixed) you're safe from it wanting to upgrade
everytime.

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Title:
  util-linux no longer provides ddate

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Having just upgraded to 12.04, I was dismayed to discover that ddate
  is longer present on my system.  In previous releases it was provided
  by util-linux, and according to the online man page
  (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/ddate.1.html) it is
  still supposed to be provided.  However:

  lesslie at hal:~> ddate
  No command 'ddate' found, did you mean:
   Command 'hdate' from package 'libhdate1' (main)
   Command 'sdate' from package 'sdate' (universe)
   Command 'rdate' from package 'rdate' (main)
   Command 'idate' from package 'itools' (universe)
   Command 'date' from package 'coreutils' (main)
  ddate: command not found

  System information below.

  lesslie at hal:~> lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  lesslie at hal:~> apt-cache policy util-linux
  util-linux:
    Installed: 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
    Candidate: 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
    Version table:
   *** 2.20.1-1ubuntu3 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  What I expected:  ddate to be available on my system
  What happened instead: ddate is not available on my system

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