[Bug 342581] [NEW] symlink of /bin/open to /bin/openvt obsolete

[sehrgut]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kbd

As of  intrepid (8.10) and kbd 1.14.1-3ubuntu3, kbd installs a symlink
from /bin/open to /bin/openvt. This legacy behaviour doesn't seem to be
depended-upon by any scripts within the distro itself, which all refer
to the appropriate /bin/openvt. I can understand keeping this
functionality to avoid breaking scripts the distro uses (though any such
scripts should be rewritten to use the more appropriate command name),
but it really doesn't seem necessary to keep it. This would free a
package such as xdg-utils to use the command 'open' as a link to
something of more immediate utility, namely xdg-open.

** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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symlink of /bin/open to /bin/openvt obsolete
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342581
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