Danek Duvall wrote: > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:10:01PM -0800, Sriram Natarajan wrote: > > >> We would like to address this issue in the upcoming next integration and >> add appropriate symbolic links so that they point to the latest version. >> > > I think that's fine, but you'll need to go back to the ARC to get this > approved. It's even likely a self-approval case. You'll need to explain > what version the links point to, and how that's changed, as well. > > thanks. Yes, we do plan to propose another ARC case which will discuss other issues like MySQL integration etc. We will add this issue as well to the next ARC case. > Mucking with the links in install scripts is *highly* discouraged. I would > encourage you to pick one package in the WOS at any given point in time to > deliver those links to its own version, the way perl does. > > Definitely and even more with upcoming Indiana packaging mechanism you cannot depend on 'install' script to exist within the packages. For now, we will be creating a symbolic link to point to 5.2.4 as part of the build process.
thanks sriram
