Re: cpio
Bill Mitchell writes ("Re: cpio"):
> [...]
> There's been talk about what to do about this but, as far as I know, no
> decision. It looks to me like at least the following alternatives are
> available to be chosen between:
>
> [...]
I think we should do this in the meantime:
2b. Leave mt-st in the distribution, but *not* declaring a conflict
with cpio. This will DTRT more of the time than having them
conflict.
However, IMO the preferred solution is this:
> 4. Replace the mt program in the cpio package with the mt program
> from the mt-st package, and retire the mt-st package.
or perhaps:
> 5. Remove the mt program from the cpio package and discard it. Rely
> on the mt-st package for the mt program.
The decision between 4 and 5 is up to the cpio and and mt maintainers.
The next time something like this comes up I hope it will be possible
to:
7. Use (currently-unavailable) dpkg functionality to have the mt-st
version of mt `override' that from the cpio package, pending
implementation of option 4 or 5.
I have a draft design for the new functionality, but it's only in my
brain at the moment, and it will probably stay there until I implement
it (it's too simple to be worth writing a document about it).
Ian.
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