On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 12:38:11PM +0000, M.C. Vernon wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > > No, we don't ditch it. We offer both ways as alternatives. Try to explain > > the issue in the idiot guide. > > In that case, will we need two sets of some packages - one for > with-symlink, and one for without.
No, I am sure we can solve most problems by intelligent use of condition instructions, like if [ ! -l /usr ]. Most packages should work on both versions almost equally. > Am I right in saying that the problems we thought we would have with the > symlink are not as bad as we feared, so users "might like to consider" > adopting the hurd policy of having the symlink? Yes. > I begin to feel this way myself (argh - how many times has my mind been > changed on this subject?), in which case, I'll re-install, and then dpkg > should work.... :) If you want to do without symlink, you have to wait for Gordon certainly. [...] > No: IJ has still yet to sign my pgp key, depsite several months an > innumerable nags every time I see him. I'll get on to someone else in > Cambridge... Note that you can also sent in a copy of your identity paper (or how is it called). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
