Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-30 Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or > not) will be left alone and dpkg

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Justin Pryzby
I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or not) will be left alone and dpkg will follow the symlink if there is one

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-30 Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing

dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Hi, I think I have raised this somewhere before, but I can't remember or find it in the list archives. In the tetex-bin package, there is a symlink: /usr/share/texmf/web2c --> /var/lib/texmf/web2c Now I want to make /usr/share/texmf/web2c an ordinary directory with some static files in it, while

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": > > A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a > directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or > not) will be left alone and dpkg

Re: dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Justin Pryzby
I think what you want is described in the "dpkg programmers manual": A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic links to a directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or not) will be left alone and dpkg will follow the symlink if there is one

dpkg and a symlink that gets a directory

2004-07-30 Thread Frank Küster
Hi, I think I have raised this somewhere before, but I can't remember or find it in the list archives. In the tetex-bin package, there is a symlink: /usr/share/texmf/web2c --> /var/lib/texmf/web2c Now I want to make /usr/share/texmf/web2c an ordinary directory with some static files in it, while