Update package without updating the OS

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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:30:42 -0700, NoOp wrote:

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>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:31 PM, NoOp <.> wrote:
>>> On 06/07/2012 01:23 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> coreutils doesn't have realpath on ubuntu 11.04. Without updating the
>>>> OS to the lastest version or compiling coreutils from the latest
>>>> release, it is there a simpler way to update coreutils? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=names&keywords=realpath
> ...

Actually, coreutils does have realpath, but Debian doesn't build it. 
Instead, they've opted to use a different standalone version (that one 
you referenced) that apparently has more functionality than the gnulib 
one. 

Of course, Peng already knows that:

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.general/1853

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