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


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