33829 – /bin/mv, /bin/cp available in two packages, both are installed

Bug 33829 - /bin/mv, /bin/cp available in two packages, both are installed

Summary: /bin/mv, /bin/cp available in two packages, both are installed

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2003-11-19 07:43 UTC by Voltron Rex
Modified:	2003-11-19 10:30 UTC (History)
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Description Voltron Rex 2003-11-19 07:43:11 UTC

It appears that /bin/cp, /bin/mv, and perhaps other applications are available in two different packages. While this may or may not be wrong, I as a user find it horribly confusing, considering that both packages are installed:

etcat -v coreutils  
   [  I] sys-apps/coreutils-5.0-r3 (0)
etcat -v fileutils  
   [  I] sys-apps/fileutils-4.1.11-r1 (0)
etcat -b /bin/mv

Searching for /bin/mv in * ...
sys-apps/coreutils-5.0-r3
sys-apps/fileutils-4.1.11-r1
   
I'd like to know why mv is in two packages and which is correct.

Thanks

Comment 1 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-19 10:30:13 UTC

fileutils is now part of coreutils, if you update fileutils to the latest version
(which is a dummy ebuild) this error *should* be fixed, however I recommend you make a backup (`quickpkg coreutils`, restore with `emerge -K coreutils`) as in some cases in the past the file commands (ls, mv, cp, ...) were deleted.