[Bug 1705437] Re: Upstream 'column' is newer than bsdmainutils'

[Robie Basak]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

I haven't verified the details of the versions of "column" as you
describe, but it does seem that both bsdmainutils and util-linux are
capable of shipping it and so it is disabled from util-linux at the
moment. This is derived directly from Debian packaging.

I think it is unlikely that Ubuntu will accept the maintenance cost of a
divergence from Debian on this point since this difference only affects
a minority of Ubuntu users. If you'd like to see this changed, I think
the most productive path forward would be to ask/convince the Debian
maintainers of these packages to make this change in Debian. This would
best be done by filing a bug in Debian for this. See
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting for information on how to do this.

Please see also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908975#10

I'm going to set this bug to Won't Fix to Ubuntu to make it clear that I
don't believe there will be any intention by Ubuntu developers to make
this change. If other Ubuntu developers disagree then we can reopen the
bug. Note that if the change is made in Debian then the change will
happen in Ubuntu by default regardless of the bug status in Ubuntu (and
the status should then be changed).

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #908975
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908975

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Upstream 'column' is newer than bsdmainutils'

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  The 'column' program included in upstream util-linux
  (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/tree
  /text-utils/column.c) is newer than the included in the bsdmainutil
  package
  (https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/bsdmainutils/bsdmainutils.git/tree/usr.bin/column/column.c).
  However, debian/rules from util-linux package states the opposite, and
  therefore Ubuntu now is using 'column' from bsdmainutils instead of
  the util-linux one.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: util-linux 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: i3
  Date: Thu Jul 20 11:41:36 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (452 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  SourcePackage: util-linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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