On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 05:51:43PM -0500, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Chris Lamb wrote:
>
> > > File conflict between redis-server-dbgsym and redis-tools-dbgsym
> >
> > This (still) affects stable but I fear the fix:
> >
> > redis (4:4.0.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
> >
> > * Make /usr/bin/redis-server in the main redis-server package a symlink
> > to
> > /usr/bin/redis-check-rdb in the redis-tools package.
> >
> > Whilst this prevents a wasteful duplication of a binary, it moreover
> > ensures there are no duplicate debug symbols which was preventing the
> > simultaneous installation of the redis-server-dbgsym and
> > redis-tools-dbgsym packages.
> >
> > Note that this results in the peculiar (and possibily confusing)
> > situation
> > where the main package does not have the main binary anymore, or indeed
> > any binaries whatsoever. See also the previous parallel attempt at a
> > symlink changes in 3.2.6-3 which was reverted in 3.2.8-3. Thanks to
> > Adrian
> > Bunk for the report. (Closes: #868551)
> >
> > … is too invasive for a stable update. The version in stable is a
> > little outdated anyway, and the backport is recommended anyway…
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> Gentle ping on this Adrian?
No disagreement from me.
> Regards,
cu
Adrian
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