Re: dh_installmanpages: .so links?

[jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk (Julian Gilbey)]

> I just came up with an idea I think's a lot more general:
> 
> dh_link source dest [source dest ..]
> 
> Ie:
> 
> dh_link usr/man/man1/foo.1 usr/man/man1/bar.1
> 
> It'll be smart enough to comply with policy (4.5) on when symbolic links
> should be relative or not, and it'll make the shortest possible link. (foo.1
> -> bar.1, above)

I really like this idea.  So long as there's the possibility of a
debian/links file with a similar format, it sounds great.

   Julian

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