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This isn't the first issue with uutils.

Canonical is just rushing the switch because they want to get rid of software with GPLv3 license, not because there is any technical merit for doing so.

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If they want the default to be non-GPLv3 Rust-based that's fine, but some of us don't care (and want the same behaviour everywhere, like on RH-based systems we may also have) and they should leave the GNU as an option. Potentially both could be installed at the same time (it's what update-alternatives is for after all).

That would work, but they also don't want everybody to switch to the better alternative and nullify their effort.

That's a better thing to discuss, and I'd expect there to be better bugs to talk about to go with it. Stack exhaustion in an unrealistic environment should be fixed, but a "stop everything" bug it ain't.

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