On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 01:29:09PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > With the proviso that I don't know what "restorecon" does in > postinst scripts, this list of .debs has been prefixed by > c for copy and l for link: > > l-tzdata_2007b-1_all.deb > l-tzdata_2008e-1etch3_all.deb > c-tzdata_2011k-0lenny1_all.deb > c-tzdata_2014e-0squeeze1_all.deb > c-tzdata_2015c-1_all.deb > c-tzdata_2015g-0+deb6u1_all.deb > c-tzdata_2016d-0+deb7u1_all.deb > c-tzdata_2018e-0+deb8u1_all.deb > l-tzdata_2020a-0+deb9u1_all.deb > l-tzdata_2021a-1+deb11u10_all.deb > l-tzdata_2021a-1+deb11u11_all.deb
Now I'm even more confused than before. I thought Etch did "copy", but this list claims 20083-1etch3 did a link. Did the behavior originally start out as link, then change to copy somewhere in the middle of Etch's lifespan, then change back to link for Debian 9? Also, I checked a Debian 7 system (it is indeed a copy) and a Debian 9 system (it's a link), which at least confirms two of the points on this list.
