You can use coreutils-from-gnu instead uutils. However since 26.04 build-essential depends on coreutils-from-uutils, it cannot be upgraded while coreutils-from-gnu is installed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/build-essential/+b...

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egorfine 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For now you can list dependent packages manually in apt-get install: https://packages.ubuntu.com/resolute/build-essential

But it's clear that Ubuntu will remove coreutils, genuine sudo and other tools from the future versions. It's the direction, it's ideological and thus nor merit nor our feedback will change anything here.

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lioeters 12 hours ago | parent [-]

> genuine sudo

That made me curious, it sounds related to this:

Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords - 5 months ago (413 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464134

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egorfine 11 hours ago | parent [-]

nah

i was referring to their counterfeit sudo emulator written in rust. It's called "sudo-rs" afair.

	▲	lioeters 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ah I see, found it. Security issues discovered in sudo-rs - https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00... Sudo-Rs Affected by Multiple Security Vulnerabilities - https://www.phoronix.com/news/sudo-rs-security-ubuntu-25.10 Sudo-rs enables password feedback by default - https://www.phoronix.com/news/sudo-rs-password-feedback

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collinfunk 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You can use equivs to create a dummy coreutils-from-uutils package, as mentioned in the responses to that report.

It is frustrating that Canonical has no interest in fixing it, though. It makes it hard to take their claims seriously that you can still use GNU coreutils if you want.