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0 pointsthrow0101c1mo ago0 comments

> Yeah the name collision is unfortunate, but probably fine. The name Biff was just too good to pass up.

So if I do an "apt install biff" on Debian (or Ubuntu) what will happen?

* https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=biff

If I type in "biff" on a Debian CLI, what should I expect the behaviour of the program that is executed to be? Will it be something about mail or time?

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dredmorbius29d ago

Per Debian policy and precedence of the email notification utility, you'll install biff, the command-line email notification utility:

<https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#the-...>

<https://packages.debian.org/trixie/biff>

abrowne29d ago

I know that if you want `fd` (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) you need to `apt install fd-find` and which installs the binary `fdfind` (!).

burntsushi1mo ago

I honestly don't know. Which is... Not Great.

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