On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Julien Puydt wrote: > May I suggest to have /usr/bin/nodejs print a nice deprecation warning > to use /usr/bin/node, and just *never* remove it?
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le jeudi, 31 août 2017, 13.52:00 h CEST Jérémy Lal a écrit : > > How about printing a "nice" warning explaining it would be a good idea to > > move to /usr/bin/node ? Then in next next release drop the nodejs symlink. > > This seems like a very good plan to me: let /u/b/nodejs spit out a deprecation > warning to stderr / syslog but pass all arguments to /u/b/node in Buster; This *will* break scripts. There’s also: x=$(nodejs progname --version 2>&1 >/dev/null | head -n 1) Yes, I saw this break in other programs that suddenly decided to add extra messages to either stdout and stderr, multiple times. bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB 5168 (AG Bonn) • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg ************************************************* **Besuchen Sie uns auf der dmexco!** 13. und 14. September 2017, Messe Köln,** Halle 7.1, Stand E042** Digital Marketing Exposition & Conference [www.tarent.de/dmexco](http://www.tarent.de/dmexco) Wir empfehlen unseren Vortrag "Wettbewerbsanalyse im Handel: Preisvergleich online und offline" am 13. September, 18:00 Uhr im Speaker's Forum / Broadway ************************************************* **Visit us at dmexco!** September 13th and 14th, 2017, Messe Köln,** Hall 7.1, Booth E042** Digital Marketing Exposition & Conference [www.tarent.de/dmexco](http://www.tarent.de/dmexco) We recommend our presentation "Competitor analysis in retail: price comparison online and offline" on September 13th, at 6 pm at the Speaker's Corner / Broadway *************************************************