[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#619299: Feature Request: add the setvtrgb utility

Michael Schutte michi at debian.org
Wed Mar 23 20:28:10 UTC 2011


severity 619299 wishlist
tag 619299 patch
merge 617416 619299
thanks

Hi Dustin!

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 01:56:01PM -0500, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> We're carrying a new feature in Ubuntu's kbd package, provided by a
> neat little utility called /sbin/setvtrgb.
> 
> […]
> 
> I'm attaching a patch.  You may choose to put the following in a
> debian/changelog entry if you apply my patch:
> 
> [ Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at ubuntu.com> ]
>   * src/setvtrgb.c, man/man8/setvtrgb.8, COPYING, debian/rules,
>     debian/copyright: LP: #730672
>     - Add a 'setvtrgb' utility to configure vt/console colors
>     - add to udeb (so that this can improve installer usability)
>     - add to /sbin, run by root
>     - update copyright statement

Thanks again, but you already opened #617416 on setvtrgb a couple of
weeks ago, so I’m merging these bugs.

Even though your utility is really useful, I’m not really keen on
maintaining entire programs as a long-term patch, especially because
other distributions could benefit from it as well.  As I suggested on
March 9, it probably makes sense to send your patch to
<kbd at lists.altlinux.org> to get it incorporated upstream.

What do you think?

All the best,
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