[Pkg-kbd-devel] Re: Bug#320571: console-tools: Please move chvt and openvt to /bin

[Alastair McKinstry]

On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 12:49 +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 07:12:50PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote:
> > Package: console-tools
> > Version: 1:0.2.3dbs-56
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > I would like to be able to openvt and chvt before /usr is mounted,
> > very early on in the boot process so that I don't burn out my laptop
> > LCD display) so I can use fbset on all of the consoles (My framebuffer
> > doesn't seem to be able to be set on the commandline).  But /usr isn't
> > mounted, so for the time being I have to move the programs to /bin
> > myself.
> > 
> > Could they be moved to /bin in the package, please?
> 
> Several bugreports request moving binaries to /bin.  Did someone
> already think about that and have a list of all programs which
> should be moved?

This has already been done on a case-by-case basis, ie. the programs
needed in /bin (or for which a good case has been made) are there
already in console-tools; we should compare kbd and console-tools and
move whats required.

It looks like openvt, chvt should be in /bin.

Regards
Alastair

> Denis
> 
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