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Description: Use uncompress.real instead of uncompress.
The gzip package already has a program called uncompress. For historical
purposes, the solution to this is to have ncompress install its program as
uncompress.real rather than uncompress. See README.Debian for more
information.
Author: Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>
Index: ncompress/compress.c
===================================================================
--- ncompress.orig/compress.c
+++ ncompress/compress.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
else
progname = argv[0];
- if (strcmp(progname, "uncompress") == 0)
+ if (strcmp(progname, "uncompress.real") == 0)
do_decomp = 1;
else
if (strcmp(progname, "zcat") == 0)
Index: ncompress/compress.1
===================================================================
--- ncompress.orig/compress.1
+++ ncompress/compress.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH COMPRESS 1 local
.SH NAME
-compress, uncompress \- compress and expand data
+compress, uncompress.real \- compress and expand data
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ll +8
.B compress
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ compress, uncompress \- compress and exp
]
.ll -8
.br
-.B uncompress
+.B uncompress.real
[
.B \-f
] [
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ compress, uncompress \- compress and exp
.I "name \&..."
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+Note that the program that would normally be installed as
+.I uncompress
+is installed for Debian as
+.I uncompress.real.
+This has been done to avoid conflicting with the more-commonly-used
+program with the same name that is part of the gzip package.
+.PP
.I Compress
reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel\-Ziv coding.
Whenever possible,
@@ -68,9 +76,9 @@ is run in the foreground,
the user is prompted as to whether an existing file should be overwritten.
.PP
Compressed files can be restored to their original form using
-.I uncompress.
+.I uncompress.real.
.PP
-.I uncompress
+.I uncompress.real
takes a list of files on its command line and replaces each
file whose name ends with
.B "\&.Z"
@@ -89,7 +97,7 @@ keep the input files instead of automati
The
.B \-c
option makes
-.I compress/uncompress
+.I compress/uncompress.real
write to the standard output; no files are changed.
.PP
If the
@@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ the algorithm to adapt to the next "bloc
Note that the
.B \-b
flag is omitted for
-.I uncompress,
+.I uncompress.real,
since the
.I bits
parameter specified during compression
@@ -190,7 +198,7 @@ Maxbits must follow
not in compressed format
.in +8
The file specified to
-.I uncompress
+.I uncompress.real
has not been compressed.
.in -8
.IR file :
@@ -227,7 +235,7 @@ already exists; do you wish to overwrite
.in +8
Respond "y" if you want the output file to be replaced; "n" if not.
.in -8
-uncompress: corrupt input
+uncompress.real: corrupt input
.in +8
A SIGSEGV violation was detected which usually means that the input file has
been corrupted.
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