Re: Deleting uncompressed Info/Doc files at upgrades
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I would not have put it in such a zero sum game manner,
I'm not sure what this means. Sorry. Why zero sum?
> Peter> I don't code in C yet, so it's not likely going to be me doing
> Peter> the coding. If that means I should keep my ideas for myself,
> Peter> please let me know and I will do so forever (wrt
> Peter> debian-devel).
>
> Nope, ideas are alwayes welcome (the only time I objected to
> someone was when they demanded change, and turned abusive when
> thwarted).
Didn't think I was being abusing. So I don't think I warrant a `code it
yourself' type answer.
> As you are aware, unless you do the coding, you have to
> convince the authors (Ian and Klee, in this case)
And gathering support in debian-devel would be a polite first step.
--
As far as dpkg deleting /usr/doc/package/file or /usr/info/emacs-10
when upgrading /usr/doc/package/file.gz or /usr/info/emacs-10.gz, I'm quite
happy with that. I don't go to the trouble of inventing of completely
unrelated file named /usr/doc/package/file when /usr/doc/package/file.gz
exists. That would be confusing to anyone (including me by next week).
I add files /usr/local and /home. The rest (except for conffiles), I
expect dpkg to take care of for me. I don't add files under /usr, only
occasionaly uncompress them.
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