Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No. Debian is figuring it out. My whole point is that you've shifted > the job of doing so to the site admin. If you are expecting dpkg to > take on the responsibility for peeking under people's mounted /bin > directories and installing/upgrading things on the root partition that > need to be on the root partition - then you're being absurd.
I'm not the least bit shifting it. If you think Debian should figure it out, we can do so! Geez, make a package with the necessary declarations so that it happens. By saying "don't do it this way", I'm not saying "don't do it at all." > Suit yourself. I know you're educated enough to understand the > principle of burden-of-proof, and why this falls to the ones proposing > change. If you base arguments for change on a speedup which ought to > be easily measurable, refusing to measure it degrades your position > considerably, and makes you look silly. But that's not my bailiwick. Yes, and I haven't repeated that argument since, if you'll note. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]