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Re: Deleting uncompressed Info/Doc files at upgrades



Hi,
>>"Andy" == Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> writes:

 Andy> True, but one could define the set of files potentially handled by my
 Andy> hypothetical '--handle-uncompressed-docs' in an unambiguous way.  For
 Andy> example, any file that goes into /usr/doc/ or /usr/info (and maybe
 Andy> /usr/man?) could be defined as a "doc" for the purposes of this
 Andy> hypothetical option.  Apologies for not being explicit about that. 

	Why not create a simpe 18 line script to be run out of cron to
 keep things in sync? 

 Andy> In any case, while I think the idea is sensible, I know I'm not going to
 Andy> get around to doing anything about it myself, so this will be my last post
 Andy> on the topic.

	I think that every little 18 line script dfoes not belong in
 dpkg. I, thus, do not think this is sensible.

	manoj
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