[Bug 342581] Re: symlink of /bin/open to /bin/openvt obsolete

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: kbd (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  symlink of /bin/open to /bin/openvt obsolete

Status in kbd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: kbd

  As of  intrepid (8.10) and kbd 1.14.1-3ubuntu3, kbd installs a symlink
  from /bin/open to /bin/openvt. This legacy behaviour doesn't seem to
  be depended-upon by any scripts within the distro itself, which all
  refer to the appropriate /bin/openvt. I can understand keeping this
  functionality to avoid breaking scripts the distro uses (though any
  such scripts should be rewritten to use the more appropriate command
  name), but it really doesn't seem necessary to keep it. This would
  free a package such as xdg-utils to use the command 'open' as a link
  to something of more immediate utility, namely xdg-open.

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