Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you want to replace a directory with a symlink, and the directory
> still contains files, what do you do with these files?
Indeed, symlinks colliding with existing directories should give an
error while package installation. And IMHO this could even be don
Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> IMHO, one of the most frequently re-appearing issues in package-upgrades
> is symlinks in previous package versions replaced by directories in
> current versions and vice versa.
> Although the Debian policy clearly states in 6.6 (4)
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 01:34:51PM +0100, Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 09, 2006, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote:
> > However, since this is such a frequent source of bugs and since so many
> > package maintainers seem not to be able to deal well with it, I'm asking
> > myself
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote:
> However, since this is such a frequent source of bugs and since so many
> package maintainers seem not to be able to deal well with it, I'm asking
> myself, if it wouldn't make sense to change this behaviour to something
> which is more native
Hello,
IMHO, one of the most frequently re-appearing issues in package-upgrades
is symlinks in previous package versions replaced by directories in
current versions and vice versa.
Although the Debian policy clearly states in 6.6 (4) "A directory will
never be replaced by a symbolic link to a dire
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