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| From: | Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> | ||
| Cc: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling multiple packages providing the same convenience symlink | ||
| Date: | Thu, 04 Nov 2004 16:36:43 | ||
| Message-Id: | 878y9hefl8.fsf@home.gmurray.org.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Handling multiple packages providing the same convenience symlink by Ciaran McCreesh |
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| 1 | Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> writes: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > A user installing any one of these packages would expect to be |
| 4 | > given convenience symlinks which would allow them to access the packages |
| 5 | > via the traditional names. Suddenly we have a problem -- what if a user |
| 6 | > has more than one of these packages installed? |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Would it be possible for the emerge to only install the symlink if it |
| 9 | does not already exist or if it is 'dangling'? Then allow the user to |
| 10 | change the symlink if (s)he wishes to change the program called using |
| 11 | the traditional names. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | -- |
| 14 | gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling multiple packages providing the same convenience symlink | Ed Grimm <paranoid@××××××××××××××××××××××.org> |