On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:23:34PM +0100, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > Hum... > > What is happening if someone want to install his header in your > simlinked directory ? I know that the problem is symmetric ( ie if
The install will follow the symlink, no problem. > someone install something in stdlibdir/caml ). But FHS stats that this > must be in include, so there is a total mismatch. Imagine Stefano > installs his camlidlruntime.h in your dir, debian package file will have > problem removing it ( because it is a link ). I have the same problem with /usr/lib/advi, but it is more work than it is worth, and will come after more urgent things. > I don't see all the problem it could throw, and maybe the one i see is > not valid at all... Well, the problem is with packages install not knowing about the symlink and such. Read the mail archive about this. > Anyway, i won't obliged anyone to follow FHS nor to follow my advice. It > was just a personnal answer that i think could lead some questionning... Yeah, i will think about it, but we need to think it through and it is definitively low priority. Ok, now back to preparing a new advi upload :)) Friendly, Sven Luther
