Created attachment 714055 [details] patch for spec file to add alternatives usage Description of problem: This package provides a very, very old version of acpixtract (2010 vintage) while much newer versions are available (2013-02-14, to be precise). At the same time, the acpidump command provided appears nowhere else. If this package would use the alternatives mechanism for acpixtract, both both versions could be easily provided. A patch is provided to do so. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All current versions. How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install pmtools 2. Install a version of the proposed acpica-tools package (see BZ#904843) Actual results: There will be a /usr/sbin/acpixtract and a /usr/bin/acpixtract (that is actually linked to /usr/bin/acpixtract-acpica as an alternative). Expected results: One /usr/bin/acpixtract that can provide either acpixtract-pmtools or acpixtract-acpica as an alternative. Additional info: It is possible that this package is dead upstream, or that it is not seriously maintained upstream -- thus the age of the binaries provided. However, acpidump as provided by this package seems to have no upstream alternative so making this package go away does not seem practical. Ergo, making the acpixtract binary use the alternatives system seems to be the way to go.
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This package has been obsoleted by acpica-tools.