Package Details: coreutils-uutils-symlink 0.1.0-15

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/coreutils-uutils-symlink.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: coreutils-uutils-symlink
Description: (Dangerous) Swap system coreutils with uutils (more than PATH)
Upstream URL: https://uutils.github.io/
Licenses: MIT
Conflicts: b3sum, coreutils, sha3sum
Provides: b3sum, coreutils, coreutils-uutils
Submitter: oech3
Maintainer: oech3
Last Packager: oech3
Votes: 5
Popularity: 2.05
First Submitted: 2025-04-02 10:44 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-06-20 09:37 (UTC)

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oech3 commented on 2025-05-27 19:41 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-10 19:45 (UTC) by oech3)

Q. Why is this exists and cannot we convert coreutils-uutils to pre-symlinks ?

  1. No libstdbuf.so (unused yet).
  2. stty is missing man pages (solved at next release of uutils).

I hope to remove/merge this package if possible.

oech3 commented on 2025-04-02 10:58 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-20 09:52 (UTC) by oech3)

You can partially swap coreutils by mkdir uu;for f in $(uu-coreutils --list);do;ln -s uu-coreutils uu/$f;done;export PATH="uu:$PATH". Overlayfs also swaps them without removing coreutils.

Try them unless you also wants to swap bins called with hardcoated path at boot process.

  1. {ch,run}con (SELinux bins) are not existing.
  2. We builds stty until next release of uutils.
  3. This use bash-completion and waiting fix of its confliction.

Latest Comments

oech3 commented on 2025-06-20 09:40 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-20 09:51 (UTC) by oech3)

Fixed. And cp --progress should be completed now. About bash, I'm waiting fix of bash-completion project.

Noi commented on 2025-06-19 21:38 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-19 21:38 (UTC) by Noi)

When using this package with zsh:
/home/user/.zcompdump-...: bad pattern: _[

oech3 commented on 2025-06-03 05:08 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-10 19:46 (UTC) by oech3)

One of the risk of this package is its build process "unsynced" with uutils-coreutils.

[Edit] I reduced risk of "unsynced" build by adding depends=(uutils-coreutils=$pkgver) and letting build failure if /usr/bin/uu-coreutils was renamed.

@kpcyrd Please feedback if you have more idea to reduce risks of this pkg (except for improving compatibility itself).

oech3 commented on 2025-05-29 11:12 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-10 19:17 (UTC) by oech3)

PATH is not enough if user wants to replace bins with hardcoated path.

kpcyrd commented on 2025-05-29 10:40 (UTC)

You likely want to monitor https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8029 closely to avoid your system breaking.

oech3 commented on 2025-05-27 19:41 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-10 19:45 (UTC) by oech3)

Q. Why is this exists and cannot we convert coreutils-uutils to pre-symlinks ?

  1. No libstdbuf.so (unused yet).
  2. stty is missing man pages (solved at next release of uutils).

I hope to remove/merge this package if possible.

oech3 commented on 2025-04-02 10:58 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-20 09:52 (UTC) by oech3)

You can partially swap coreutils by mkdir uu;for f in $(uu-coreutils --list);do;ln -s uu-coreutils uu/$f;done;export PATH="uu:$PATH". Overlayfs also swaps them without removing coreutils.

Try them unless you also wants to swap bins called with hardcoated path at boot process.

  1. {ch,run}con (SELinux bins) are not existing.
  2. We builds stty until next release of uutils.
  3. This use bash-completion and waiting fix of its confliction.