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Bug 395107 - rename the executable for sys-process/parallel (GNU parallel) back to parallel
Summary: rename the executable for sys-process/parallel (GNU parallel) back to parallel
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2011-12-18 02:12 UTC by Andrey Kislyuk (RETIRED)
Modified: 2012-01-23 11:18 UTC (History)
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Description Andrey Kislyuk (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-12-18 02:12:10 UTC 
The parallel from moreutils is extremely functionally restricted. GNU parallel provides a full-featured, well-maintained replacement, and over time will become part of the core Linux CLI toolkit and be expected to be callable as "parallel". Possible actions are:

- Rename the executable in sys-process/parallel back to parallel, and instead rename the one in moreutils to moreutils-parallel
- Create an eselect module, to choose between the alternatives
Comment 1 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-12-28 15:50:53 UTC 
Is there a timeframe when GNU parallel will become part of Linux CLI toolkit?  Any reference?

I am reluctant to create an eselect module or rename it at the moment.
Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-01-23 11:18:05 UTC 
+*parallel-20120122 (23 Jan 2012)
+
+  23 Jan 2012; Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org>
+  +parallel-20120122.ebuild:
+  Version bump wrt #388665 by Corentin Chary. Rename gparallel back to parallel
+  wrt #395107 by Andrey Kislyuk.