Bug 173724

Summary:	sys-apps/initng relies on /bin/uniq
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Timothy Stotts <devel>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Timothy Stotts 2007-04-08 02:48:04 UTC

sys-apps/coreutils-6.7-r1 is missing /bin/uniq that is present in 6.4.

/bin/uniq is used by various programs with the hardcoded path of /bin/uniq.


Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
# which -a uniq
/bin/uniq


Expected Results:  
# which -a uniq
/usr/bin/uniq
/bin/uniq

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-08 07:10:43 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> /bin/uniq is used by various programs with the hardcoded path of /bin/uniq.

Then those programs shouldn't hardcode it.

Comment 2 Timothy Stotts 2007-04-08 17:28:27 UTC

Sorry. I should have been more explicit.

/bin/uniq is used by various INIT and INIT-NG scripts that execute prior to the mounting of the /usr partition.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2007-04-08 20:00:24 UTC

we provide `sort -u` which things should use rather than `uniq`

really you should file a ticket here:
http://www.initng.org/report