Miroslav Maiksnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dne st 6. Äervence 2005 22:16 Hugo Mills napsal(a): >> On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 08:20:38PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> > It is impossible to install two packages that contain the same >> > filename. Libraries use /usr/lib/arch-os/ to make libs differ between >> > archs. >> >> That's not _entirely_ true. In Tollef's multiarch proposal, files >> in /usr/share/doc/<package> can indeed overlap between packages with >> precisely the same name differing only in architecture. My preliminary >> patches to dpkg supported that behaviour. > > Wouldn't be better have /usr/share/doc/<package>/<arch-os>/ directories? No > files will be overlapping and all libs will have it's own copyright and > README files (which may differ between different arch-os combinations). > > Mixi
If there is any larger overlap in /usr/share/doc/<package>/ then the package should be split into architecture dependend and independend packages. Also /usr/share is shareable between architecture by policy and fhs so file differences between architectures would be RC bugs imho. The alowed overlap is for the /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright and changelog files, which must be present on both archs. But splitting a package into architecture dependend and independend packages just for those 2 files (or 3 with a README) would be a bit insane so a exception has been made and overlaps there are allowed. This is a compromise so as not to needlessly create new packages. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]