Re: /usr/doc symlink in new packages

1999-10-02 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 02:03:46PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote: > 1. dpkg can't replace a directory with a symlink s/can't/doesn't/ This is a documented feature (somewhere in packaging manual). -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%%

Re: /usr/doc symlink in new packages

1999-10-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 02:03:46PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote: (on the topic of "new packages that will always use /usr/share/doc") > AFAICS dpkg has 2 problems with this issue: > 1. dpkg can't replace a directory with a symlink > 2. dpkg does not know about multiple paths to the same file (i.e. i

Re: /usr/doc symlink in new packages

1999-10-01 Thread Stefan Gybas
Wichert Akkerman wrote: > No. For the full explanation read the post with the results from the > technical committee. I have read this document (http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ debian-ctte-9908/msg00038.html) at least twice before I posted the original question but could not find a reason w

Re: /usr/doc symlink in new packages

1999-09-30 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Stefan Gybas wrote: > Can new packages directly include the /usr/doc/$package symlink in their > package instead of creating/removing it in their postinst/prerm? No. For the full explanation read the post with the results from the technical committee. Wichert. --