On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 04:14:08PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 01:59:40PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > >... > > +- install -s -m 755 -o root -g root mpage$(E) $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin > > ++ $(INSTALL) -s -m 755 -o root -g root mpage$(E) $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin > >... > > Wouldn't just removing the -s here be the oneliner change to fix the > whole bug?
>From a Debian pov, yes. My reasoning for not just removing it here is that it seemed to be a deliberate upstream choice. Thus removing it would make the patch non-upstreamable. The indirection however should be less controversial. Helmut
