Update package without updating the OS

[C de-Avillez]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 13:50:01 +0000 (UTC)
sktsee <sktseer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:30:42 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> 
> [snip]
>  
> >> 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
> 

Coreutils' realpath was introduced on 8.15. From the NEWS:

(...)
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.15 (2012-01-06) [stable]

** New programs

  realpath: print resolved file names.

(...)
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