Re: [bug-mailutils] Mailutils 2.99.97 now(*) available in experimental

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Jordi,

> - mailutils and mu conflict each other

Exactly the same way as mailutils conflicts with any packet that
installs mail[x] or readmsg or whatever. There are plenty of
those. Moreover, I doubt that Mailutils and maildir-utils are the only
two packets that contain a utility named "mu". Chances are there are
more (perhaps not yet packaged for Debian, but that does not change the
fact). The namespace is getting crowded more and more lately.

> - mailutils renames its "mu" command to something else, being the last to
>   introduce it

I see no compelling reason to do this.

> - other options?

You can change name of any utility when configuring the package.  Here
are the options that control it:

Program names:
  --program-prefix=PREFIX      prepend PREFIX to installed program
                               names
  --program-suffix=SUFFIX      append SUFFIX to installed program names
  --program-transform-name=PROGRAM   run sed PROGRAM on installed
                                     program names

In particular:

  --program-transform-name='s/^mu$/foo/'


will rename mu to foo before installing it.  Just add something similar
to your debian/rules and the problem is solved.

Regards,
Sergey