Re: [lawrencc@debian.org: Please remove mkhybrid from sid, woody]
On Feb 06, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
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> #include <sorry_for_the_late_reply.h>
> #include <i_was_just_far_too_busy.h>
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> On 28 Jan 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
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> > Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> writes:
> >
> > > I have requested that mkhybrid be removed from sid and woody, so
> > > mkisofs can "take over" the package. Let me know if you need the
> > > symlink tree patch or anything. The report is #83823
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> The "official" procedure to make Debian CDs (i.e. with hardlinks) works well
> with mkisofs. However there probably also are people using a symlink farm,
> which requires mkhybrid's -F option ("-follow-outside-links Follow symbolic
> links which point outside the CD base directory"). AFAICS this option is not
> available in mkisofs 1.13, so it seems mkisofs does _not_ incorporate all of
> the features of mkhybrid.
Yeah, -F is sort of an issue. I'll try to get a clean patch and
forward it to the mkisofs maintainer.
Chris
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