Re: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-06 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Hi, Il 04/02/24 06:38, Muhammad Yaaseen ha scritto: we see that the copyright for libboost debian packages are 2MB each and are all the same. as per https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html section 12.5 we

Re: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Walter Landry
Andreas Metzler writes: > On 2024-02-04 Muhammad Yaaseen wrote: >> The question is once we install the libboost .deb packages into a >> system, the copyright file for each libboost package is stored >> separately in /usr/shared/doc/packages folder. I'm think of >> hardlinking these copyright

Re: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2024-02-04 Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] > The canonical solution would be to add libboost-commonx.xx containing > what is currently found in /usr/share/doc/libboost-foox.xx and symlink > the whole directory. You'll probably need to make libboost-commonx.xx > arch all to be binNMU compatible.

Re: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2024-02-04 Muhammad Yaaseen wrote: > The question is once we install the libboost .deb packages into a > system, the copyright file for each libboost package is stored > separately in /usr/shared/doc/packages folder. I'm think of > hardlinking these copyright files so that we same some memory.

RE: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Muhammad Yaaseen
memory. Is this legally allowed. Regards Yaaseen -Original Message- From: Steve Langasek Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 3:07 PM To: Muhammad Yaaseen Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: hard linking libboost copyright files On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:38:57AM +, Muhammad

Re: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Steve Langasek
age- > From: Steve Langasek > Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 3:07 PM > To: Muhammad Yaaseen > Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: hard linking libboost copyright files > > On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:38:57AM +, Muhammad Yaaseen wrote: > > >

RE: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Muhammad Yaaseen
. Regards Yaaseen -Original Message- From: Steve Langasek Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 3:07 PM To: Muhammad Yaaseen Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: hard linking libboost copyright files On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:38:57AM +, Muhammad Yaaseen wrote: > we

Re: hard linking libboost copyright files

2024-02-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:38:57AM +, Muhammad Yaaseen wrote: > we see that the copyright for libboost debian packages are 2MB each and > are all the same. as per > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html section >