On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 13:42:38 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > For the moment I would like to draw your attention to the > other part of the solution I would like to suggest: > > Tweaking the PATH for Debian Med users: > > 1. Make paml Depends: med-config > 2. Let med-config drop a script in /etc/profile.d which > sets PATH="/usr/lib/debian-med/bin:$PATH" > if debconf question "Do you want to prefer Debian Med > executables prefered over other ones <bla bla - give > reasons + warning>" > > So if the local admin answers this question with yes all original > executable names will be restored fully transparently for the user. I > would like to implement this before the Freeze and we should try to > update as much relevant packages as possible following this scheme. > > Perhaps it makes sense to find a common way what symlinks / wrapper > to use in /usr/bin but this is a separate decision which is somehow > orthogonal to the solution to move all name space pollution affected > executables to /usr/lib/debian-med/bin. > > What do you think? > I think it's both overengineered and not an acceptable solution, fwiw.
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