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> Yeah the name collision is unfortunate, but probably fine. The name Biff was just too good to pass up. So if I do an "apt install biff" on Debian (or Ubuntu)
by throw0101c 4mo ago
> Yeah the name collision is unfortunate, but probably fine. The name Biff was just too good to pass up.
So if I do an "apt install biff" on Debian (or Ubuntu) what will happen?
* https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=biff https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=biff
If I type in "biff" on a Debian CLI, what should I expect the behaviour of the program that is executed to be? Will it be something about mail or time?
- burntsushi 4mo agoI honestly don't know. Which is... Not Great.
- abrowne 4mo agoI know that if you want `fd` (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) you need to `apt install fd-find` and which installs the binary `fdfind` (!).
- dredmorbius 4mo agoPer Debian policy and precedence of the email notification utility, you'll install biff, the command-line email notification utility: <https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#the-package-name https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#the-...> <https://packages.debian.org/trixie/biff https://packages.debian.org/trixie/biff>