On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:40:23AM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote: > It is also possible to add symlinks into a private directory. Users willing > to use names with extensions only have to add this directory to their PATH. > For example, you can ship: > /usr/bin/util > /usr/share/package/bin/util.sh -> /usr/bin/util
But this will break the interface for users as well as long as they not explicitely extend their path to /usr/share/{packages_with_extensions_in_names}/bin The only way to not break the interfaces is to invent a dir say /usr/not_policy_compliant_named_dust-bin/ and move everything there ans set the policy compliant links to /usr/bin. Not that I would be in favour of this suggestion but this is the only way I would see to let things work out of the box if you globally set your PATH to this dir. > Users willing to use names with extension on Debian only have to do > PATH=/usr/share/package/bin:$PATH The problem is: A user has to read the docs before and adding this to the PATH explicitely is as easy as learning about a renamed executable. The goal is to let things work out of the box. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org