On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 03:36:50PM -0600, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > DS> Doesn't dpkg complain when it tries to "overwrite" a file from > DS> one package with the same file from another? > > Not by default anymore. Somebody turned that feature off (I think > because of the problems that come up when packages are reorganized).
Actually, Gordon means "--force-overwrite" here, but Dale means physical location (probably inode). No. Dpkg does only compare the file name strings in the *.list file, and not the actual physical representation. > DS> I suspect that vi is only a tiny part of the problem of linking > DS> /usr to /. This not only makes /usr/bin isomorphic to /bin, but > DS> /usr/lib and /lib, and /usr/sbin and /sbin also get overlapped. I > DS> can't believe that ae represents the only file overlap in that > DS> whole collection. > > So far, it's the only overlap in the whole collection that I've > noticed. We'll deal with the others as we notice them. There is one more, the cpio package contains /sbin/rmt which is a link to /usr/sbin/rmt, for compatibility with other unices (it has also the patological /etc/rmt :) The maintainer told me he would solve this by creating the symlinks in the packaging scripts instead, if they are appropriate. That are all conflicts I know of, and I did search the Contents file for concflicts (!). /usr/bin <-> /bin conflicts are seldom, because both are in the path anyway. Same for sbin. /usr/lib <-> /lib is seldom, too, for similar reasons. I only know of libc5-altdev here, which is only a directory "conflict" and irrelevant for the Hurd. And yes, I was very surprised that the number of actual problems is VERY small. It turned out that making /usr a real directory produced more problems in the end :) Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
