On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:12:28AM +0200, G.raud wrote: > I modified the Perl distribution file shipped with Debian that is named > rename(.pl), so that it renames the target inside symlinks. It is joined > to this message. > > The modified script, lnrename, is very useful when rename.pl is used and there > are symbolic links pointing to the renamed files, since a similar command can > fix broken symlinks. > > In Debian there is currently nothing similar available yet, to my knowledge, > at > least nothing that is not graphical. > > I think it should be included in the perl deb because it is based on rename > that is already there. If it cannot, can you suggest a package that could > include it? > > The name `lnrename' is just a suggestion.
I'm afraid I don't have a good answer to this question, but this doesn't belong in the perl package unless (and I am doubtful) you can persuade a perl committer to add this upstream. Cheers, Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org