[gentoo-dev] Links to compressed files (was: gentoo-x86 commit in app-misc/mmv: ChangeLog mmv-1.01b_p15.ebuild)

[Torsten Veller]

> src_install() {

>       doman mmv.1 || die
>       dosym mmv.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mcp.1.gz || die
>       dosym mmv.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mln.1.gz || die
>       dosym mmv.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mad.1.gz || die

How does this work with various package managers?

Portage works fine with different PORTAGE_COMPRESS settings.
I guess paludis creates uncompressed man-pages and has three broken links?
And pkgcore?

Is there a reliable/predictable way to create such links?