Re: removing "su" from coreutils [Re: Fwd: [PULL] su

Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> Tue, 29 May 2012 11:02:20 +0100

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On 05/29/2012 10:50 AM, Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> A minor portability patch was all that was needed,
> <http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=3D%3C1337971261-20684-1=
[email protected]%3E>,
> and all that has now been merged to util-linux.
>=20
> How to coordinate this with Debian?  Chances are that an updated
> coreutils release with su removed is made before an util-linux release
> with su added.

coreutils currently needs to be explicitly configured to include `su`.
So exisiting releases should support this transition.

cheers,
P=C3=A1draig.