Hi, this is probably a newbie question, but I didn't see it covered in any of the FAQs or HOW-TOs I found at debian.org/docs/ (and the list search facilities seems quite sloppy, and I had no luck there either):
What is the correct manner of changing a symlink file belonging to a Debian package? Is it sufficient to just rm and re-link, or should I use any of the package-handling tools? (In case someone is interested, I'm asking because I just stumbled over a surprising issue with the g++ packages: doing an # apt-get install g++ installed g++-3.3 (I was expecting just an upgrade to the previously installed g++-2.95), and made /usr/bin/g++ into a symlink pointing to it. Just switching g++ versions like this is bound to cause mayhem for all development against any C++ libraries on the system already compiled with g++ v2.95, so I'm surprised that this happens just like that from the "testing" branch..? Removing the g++-3.3 package doesn't work either, as apt-get seems to now refuse to remove or install _either_ g++-2.95 or g++-3.3 -- it insists on having both? Weird.) ~# Morten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]