On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 04:43:53PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Wouldn't it be possible to include a new control file containing the > > necessary information? > > That's the basic plan indeed.
Why does that require a change in the binary package format, then? > > I can just remove them after dpkg runs. > > Provided dpkg stores them in a place where you can remove them. Grrr. > > - when removing a package, the symlink is removed, and the directory at > > the destination remains. This doesn't particularly bother me, either, > > but I am wondering if this is intentional. > > I would need to check the source. Remind one once dpkg 1.10 is out, I > intend to refactor that code for 1.11 anyway. OK. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

