* Filippo Giunchedi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 07:10:49PM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > > I'm getting bitten by this problem as well with openct. Is there no > > clever way to detect if the previous version had the rules file, and > > if not, install the symlink on upgrade as well? > > what about appending a version to <package>.udev: > > <package>.udev will behave normal (i.e. link only on fresh install) > > <package>.udev.<version> will link on fresh installation and upgrade if last > configured version is < than <version>. > I choose "." as separator, should be clear enough.
The problem is that Joey doesn't agree with this approach because using the version number is brittle way to this because it can fall down in the face of backports or complicated partial upgrades. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6
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