[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#963420: Bug#963420: zsh: FTBFS: sh: 1: colcrt: not found

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Lucas,

Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > helpfiles: attempting col -bx <debian/zsh-common/usr/share/zsh/help/man.tmp >debian/zsh-common/usr/share/zsh/help/col.tmp
> > sh: 1: col: not found
> > helpfiles: attempting colcrt - debian/zsh-common/usr/share/zsh/help/man.tmp >debian/zsh-common/usr/share/zsh/help/col.tmp
> > sh: 1: colcrt: not found
> > helpfiles: col -bx and colcrt - both failed
> > make[1]: *** [debian/rules:97: override_dh_auto_install-indep] Error 1

Thanks for that bug report!

This is very likely caused by moving around some binaries between
bsdmainutils and util-linux:

bsdmainutils (12.1.1) unstable; urgency=medium

  The "calendar" program, formerly provided in this package, now
  appears in the separate package "calendar".

  The tools The tools col, colrm, column, hexdump, and ul are now
  provided as "bsdextrautils" from the util-linux sources.

 -- Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org>  Wed, 27 May 2020 17:05:02 +0200

And from the changelog of bsdmainutils (12.1.1):

  * Follow BSD and remove colcrt, it is only useful on very old
    terminals anyway.

>From the message "col -bx and colcrt - both failed" and the fact that
col was testet before colcrt, I assume that it suffices to add a
build-dependency on bsdextrautils and as alternative a b-d on
bsdmainutils << 12.1.1~ to make sure at least col is installed.

		Regards, Axel
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