[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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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 Replying to [comment:5 stephane.plaisance@…]:
 > Why not installing all (OSX compatible) apps and let the user adapt his
 PATH and aliases to use the one he wishes? I know other ports that do not
 care about apps already being present which allows users to get a more
 recent second version in /opt/local/bin (and sometime more complete
 version) of softs that come old in OSX /usr/bin.

 The question is: are the versions of the various programs contained in
 util-linux later versions of the same software already in OS X, or are
 they different implementations with differences in their interfaces? This
 question comes up a lot with other software, since OS X includes BSD
 versions of many utilities (such as `awk` and `sed`), which are different
 from the GNU utilities of the same name, and installing GNU utilities of
 the same names on an OS X system causes serious breakage of other
 software, which is why we don't do that in MacPorts (we prefix GNU
 versions with "g", as in `gawk` and `gsed`). It's not just a question of a
 user needing to edit their PATH for their own convenience outside of
 MacPorts; it's a question of whether having a more full-featured util-
 linux installed has the potential to cause other unrelated MacPorts ports
 to fail to build. We would want to avoid such a situation.

 > I hope Soulyeller can fix the installer dependency problem (and maybe
 add back more apps?)

 Which installer dependency problem are you talking about? The util-linux
 port, such as it is, installs fine for me.

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