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On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:56:02 +0200 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> IMHO providing compatibility symlinks for proprietary binary-only |
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> >> programs isn't the task of the libpcre package. |
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> > I'm fine with putting it in libpcre-debian package as kentnl |
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> > suggested. |
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> I still think that the libpcre.so.3 compatibility link shouldn't be |
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> installed in a generally visible location. Install it in a specific |
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> directory instead, and start your binary with a wrapper which will |
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> add that directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. |
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That makes it slightly more awkward for binaries you may have installed |
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manually. Can we agree to disagree on this one? It won't affect those |
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who don't need it. Obviously if anything blows up, I'll take full |
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responsibility. |
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James Le Cuirot (chewi) |
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