On 19-Jul-99, 19:41 (CDT), Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The price is actually higher. Richard already pointed out some corrections > to your proposal, which add complication. > > But the real expense is elsewhere. I wonder why this hasn't come up before, > but here it is: > > 1. A lot of packages currently need no postinst or prerm(postrm, depends if > you use Manojs proposal or Richards correction) script currently, and we > would need to add one _only_ for this transition. > > 2. The prerm/postrm script must never go again, because we handle smooth > upgrades even if you jump a version number. Otherwise, you will end up with > a crufty symlink.
I think I agree with this, the effort and additional cruft is to big for the benefit. As somebody who never use dwww or dhelp, but is always ls'ing through /usr/doc by hand, I think I'd rather spend the two minutes writing a script that looks in both /usr/doc and /usr/share doc than force every package to have a postinst and prerm. And while the individual effort to add the required lines is low, the cumulative effort is not. And it seems to me a that a script that maintained /usr/doc/whatever->/usr/share/doc/whatever links is pretty trivial (did I just volunteer to write it?). Steve
