Re: dpkg bug? (regarding smartlist)

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

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On Sun, 24 May 1998, Raul Miller wrote:

> If you want links to survive upgrades
> in this environment, use symlinks (they'll even give you a "file
> not found" if the file is removed).

Ok, latest smartlist already uses symlinks, fortunately.
What should be done with already existing hardlinks?

Should I include something like this in the preinst?:

#!/bin/sh

filestosymlink="rc.submit rc.init rc.request help.txt subscribe.txt \
                unsubscribe.txt archive.txt reject"

for a in `ls`; do
  if [ -d $a ]; then
    cd $a
    if [ -d archive ]; then
      for b in $filestosymlink; do
        if [ -f $b ]; then
          diff $b ../.etc/$b > /dev/null && (rm -f $b; ln -s ../.etc/$b)
        fi
      done
    fi
    cd ..
  fi
done

[ This would be just a first draft, the real "hard2sym.sh" would probably
  have to compare real inode numbers, and probably take care of stopping the
  list server also ].

Should I just warn the user in smartlist.preinst so that he runs this
script by hand if he wants?

Or should I just post this script (or a better one) to debian-user with a
prominent Subject line "Please READ this before UPGRADING smartlist"

Opinions?

Thanks.

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