On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 11:33:28AM -0600, Douglas Bates wrote: > Are you sure this would be considered a bug? I think Debian policy I am and Martin Schulze is :) > states that .ps and .dvi files in the /usr/doc tree should be > compressed. I think the best solution is to have the http server No problem with that. From policy.text.gz: 3.3.5. Symbolic links --------------------- [...] A symbolic link pointing to a compressed file should always have the same file extension as the referenced file. (For example, if a file ``foo.gz'' is referenced by a symbolic link, the filename of the link has to end with ``.gz'' too, as in `bar.gz.') > recognize that a link to .../foo.ps can be satisfied by .../foo.ps.gz > if it is uncompressed before transmission. I'll admit this doesn't > help people who start at a URL of file:/usr/doc/texmf/ but I don't see > a way of solving that problem without storing uncompressed files or > determining exotic configurations for every browser you plan to use. cu Torsten
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