Bug#765569: please add this script to use su instead of sudo (or the reverse) (e.g. for pdebuild)

[Tanguy Ortolo]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.12.6+deb7u2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

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Hello,

I have written a script that can be used to replace sudo by using su
instead, or to replace su by using sudo instead.

This is useful for commands such as pdebuild, which normally use sudo,
can be configured to use another command, but that will then use it like
sudo (sudo-like-command command-to-run-as-root), so su cannot be used
instead (as it is meant to be used as su -c "command-to-run-as-root").

Since my scripts are not specific to pdebuild, but can be used for other
purposes, I suggest they are added to devscripts. Attached is a tarball
with: the scripts (in fact, a single one with a symlink, which acts
differently depending on how it is called), a manpage (in DocBook, and
compiled in Troff), and the Makefile to compile this manpage to Troff.

For convenience, I am also attaching the main script itself, so it can
be reviewed without having to extract the tarball.

Librement,

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