Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> working on dpkg reminded me that I wanted to propose a better >> diversion and alternatives handling for debian packages. Currently >> they have to be manually added and removed in the maintainer >> scripts. This method is prone to errors and can easily leave >> diversions or alternatives behind. Instead I suggest creating two new >> control files detailing the diversions and alternatives a package >> should have. > > Can symlinks be supported in the declarative control file stanzas?
Don't symlinks work in diversions now? Diverting should just move the file around so I see no reason why it should even care about the file type. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]