On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 01:18:44PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > * Steve Langasek [Sun, Apr 16 2006, 01:19:35AM]: > > To expand on Daniel's closure message: X11R6 is dead, and this directory > > needs to be removed so it can be replaced with a compatibility symlink. > > Otherwise, the transition path gets much uglier as we try to track down > > one-by-one all the tools that reference /usr/X11R6/bin as an absolute path > > between now and etch's release. > > > > So if the file in /usr/X11R6/bin comes from an official package, please tell > > us the package so x11-common can conflict with it. If it's an unofficial > > It was not from an official package. And it was a symlink, so dealing > with it is a bit more complicated. Anyhow, I wonder what exactly do we > win by trying to remove this directory. What is the problem with just > letting where it is and allow it to rot untill the last package having > files there is removed. This is the strategy used by dpkg since ages, > why should we try to nuke that directory, just for cosmetics reasons?
A lot of packages (e.g. gdm) have hardcoded paths. Personally, I didn't bother making it a symlink when I did the transition, but it's the release team's decision to make. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
