Bug 637338

Summary:	New stable sys-apps/util-linux-2.30.2 doesn't install "pg" command
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Melendro <melendro>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Melendro 2017-11-13 17:41:33 UTC

After upgrading to sys-apps/util-linux-2.30.2 the command "pg" has disappeared.
The only pg-related file installed is /usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.30.2/pg.txt.bz2 but the executable and man page are not installed anymore.

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2017-11-13 17:50:22 UTC

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=00971cca8a270b6e162c977182d134a64bbc914a

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=956e582874d3a28434018bf12057c745f74821de

Upstream says you should use less(1) or more(1) instead.

Comment 2 Melendro 2017-11-19 11:39:02 UTC

What about a use flag to enable pg?
It is there, just not building it by default.

Comment 3 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-11-19 15:20:59 UTC

Sorry, unless anyone can tell us a reason why "pg" is still useful and less/more is no complete replacement we will stick with upstream decision and don't provide pg binary anymore.