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"needle" name conflict #128

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mr-c opened this issue Nov 2, 2022 · 0 comments
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"needle" name conflict #128

mr-c opened this issue Nov 2, 2022 · 0 comments

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mr-c commented Nov 2, 2022

I put together a basic package of Needle for Debian and I discovered that there is another programs with the same name

/use/bin/needle is already provided by EMBOSS
https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/emboss a.k.a https://bio.tools/needle-ebi or https://bio.tools/needle

This causes a problem with Debian policy

Two different packages must not install programs with different functionality but with the same filenames. […] If this case happens, one of the programs must be renamed.

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#binaries

And I would rather that the Debian package of Needle has the same program name as other packaging systems. Otherwise that causes problems for user's scripts and workflows..

Perhaps this Needle could be renamed? Sorry to ask it, but it would be best to not have the confusion.

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