On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 08:03:40AM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Josip Rodin dixit:
>
> >And if you no longer have /etc/joe/editorrc but instead /etc/editorrc,
> >then that still requires source patching for joe to actually *read* it,
> >so you're back to square one.
>
> No that???s actually the fun thing, just symlink it.
>
> I have a symlink already:
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 1 16:13 /etc/jupp/editorrc -> ../joe/editorrc
>
> I???d just let that point to ../editorrc and change joe
> to do the same. No complicated changes needed, and this
> works very well.
It may not be complicated, but it would be obfuscated. But I see how a
series of symlinks would be seen as acceptable - we do it all the time
with alternatives :)
The only question would be whether having a symlink called /etc/editorrc
would confuse non-joe users.
--
2. That which causes joy or happiness.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
