On 04/07/12 18:18, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 03.07.2012 18:22, schrieb Dave Reisner: >>> Why do we want /lib as a symlink to /usr/lib anyway? You could have the >>> directory /lib, only containing the symlinks for ld-linux.so.2 -> >>> /usr/lib/ld-linux.so.2 and ld-linux-x86_64.so.2 -> >>> /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86_64.so.2 (and, of course >>> /lib64/ld-linux-x86_64.so.2 for compatibility). >>> >>> I don't see any advantage in having the symlink /lib -> /usr/lib, except >>> a harder upgrade path where so many things could go wrong. >>> >> >> No offense, but you're a bit late to be trying to shoot this down only >> now. > > Not trying to shoot anything down, I am just confused why the upgrade > path here was not made smoother. This will lead to problems and > shitstorms, and you know it. >
Note: the upgrade is simple when using supported packages... We don't rebuild peoples packages for library soname bumps. Why would this be any different? Allan
