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Bug #7948

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Remove old calendar utility

Added by Peter Tribble over 6 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Peter Tribble
Category:
cmd - userland programs
Start date:
2017-03-07
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Bite-size
Tags:
needs-triage
Gerrit CR:
External Bug:

Description

We have an antiquated /usr/bin/calendar utility, and associated /usr/lib/calprog helper.

This is not /usr/bin/cal, which is what most people are used to.

The utility is of dubious utility, isn't localized, and is coded to work with YP. We should remove it.

Alternatives:

Users could replicate it with a shell one liner if desired.

FreeBSD appears to contain a modern equivalent (sometimes in Linux as bsdmainutils)
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/tree/master/usr.bin/calendar

The Remind tool has a similar idea
https://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind

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 #1

Updated by Electric Monk over 6 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

git commit 719b66656b90abb6bcea4b0287075b2eaabb2de6

commit  719b66656b90abb6bcea4b0287075b2eaabb2de6
Author: Peter Tribble <peter.tribble@gmail.com>
Date:   2017-06-29T22:03:42.000Z

    7948 Remove old calendar utility
    Reviewed by: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
    Approved by: Gordon Ross <gordon.w.ross@gmail.com>

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