[Bug 988925] [NEW] util-linux no longer provides ddate

[Rob Lesslie]

Public bug reported:

Having just upgraded to 12.04, I was dismayed to discover that ddate is
longer present on my system.  In previous releases it was provided by
util-linux, and according to the online man page
(http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/ddate.1.html) it is
still supposed to be provided.  However:

lesslie at hal:~> ddate
No command 'ddate' found, did you mean:
 Command 'hdate' from package 'libhdate1' (main)
 Command 'sdate' from package 'sdate' (universe)
 Command 'rdate' from package 'rdate' (main)
 Command 'idate' from package 'itools' (universe)
 Command 'date' from package 'coreutils' (main)
ddate: command not found

System information below.

lesslie at hal:~> lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:	12.04

lesslie at hal:~> apt-cache policy util-linux
util-linux:
  Installed: 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2.20.1-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What I expected:  ddate to be available on my system
What happened instead: ddate is not available on my system

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  util-linux no longer provides ddate

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Having just upgraded to 12.04, I was dismayed to discover that ddate
  is longer present on my system.  In previous releases it was provided
  by util-linux, and according to the online man page
  (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/ddate.1.html) it is
  still supposed to be provided.  However:

  lesslie at hal:~> ddate
  No command 'ddate' found, did you mean:
   Command 'hdate' from package 'libhdate1' (main)
   Command 'sdate' from package 'sdate' (universe)
   Command 'rdate' from package 'rdate' (main)
   Command 'idate' from package 'itools' (universe)
   Command 'date' from package 'coreutils' (main)
  ddate: command not found

  System information below.

  lesslie at hal:~> lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  lesslie at hal:~> apt-cache policy util-linux
  util-linux:
    Installed: 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
    Candidate: 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
    Version table:
   *** 2.20.1-1ubuntu3 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  What I expected:  ddate to be available on my system
  What happened instead: ddate is not available on my system

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