Ulrich Mueller posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:23:59 +0100 as excerpted: >> I think that this change, similarly to the automatic .la file fixing, >> could be implemented by portage without waiting for a new EAPI. > > Not sure about this one. It's not Portage only, but affects all package > managers.
If it's a portage thing, please have it be a FEATURE that can be toggled off. Symlink trees are ugly, as someone else mentioned, and not everyone will want them. Alternatively, as I suggested in a different subthread, make it a separate package. Then people can install it if they want/need. This package could even include a script that hooks into the existing portage phase-hook structure, and presumably similar scripts for the other PMs, thus making the whole thing automatic. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
