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		mise_en_place on Oct 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Debian's Which Hunt I actually disagree that they shouldn't allow alternatives for `which`. IMO, just provide all of them and let the user decide. I should be able to choose from GNU which, BSD which, busybox which, or an alias to `command -v`. Default just keep it as GNU which.

xg15 on Oct 28, 2021 [–]

In that case, have fun finding out which particular version is needed by the next install script you want to run.

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