[MacPorts] #44696: util-linux missing the 'column' command

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#44696: util-linux missing the 'column' command
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  Reporter:  stephane.plaisance@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal                |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                 |    Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:                        |   Keywords:
      Port:  util-linux            |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@…, soulyeller@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 stephane.plaisance@…]:
 > I indeed had /usr/bin/column on a time machine from July which I
 restored (tanks for that) but it is now gone (maybe deleted by some later
 installation!)

 /usr/bin/column is on all OS X machines I have access to, from version
 10.4 through 10.9. If it is missing on your system, then your OS X
 installation is incomplete and you should restore this file from your
 backups or reinstall OS X.

 > This is not explaining why the port package does not reinstall it and I
 am probably missing other exe from this same package

 Certainly, no port would install anything in /usr; ports install in
 /opt/local (or whatever your MacPorts prefix is). Further, the util-linux
 port has never installed the `column` program. My guess was that the
 submitter of the port elected not to install that utility because OS X
 already includes it. However that does not explain why the port does
 install the `colcrt` program, which OS X also already includes.

 soulyeller, when you submitted this port, how did you select which
 programs to have this port install?

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