On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, KORN Andras wrote: > I think I managed it by copying the example apt.conf to /etc/apt and > modifying it afterwards.
Yes, many people did this against my strict instructions. I knew this was coming, you see.. > Perhaps you could just grep for /var/state, and if it occurs, ask the user > if they need the symlink? Priority 'low'? APT does not use debconf. > I wrote some scripts that parsed apt's packagelists and needed symlinks that > pointed to them; naturally, the transition broke this as well. Surely, > leaving a symlink around in /var/state wouldn't hurt? You should have used the apt-config tool rather than symlinks.. There are considerable technical problems with keeping that symlink it turns out :< Jason
