Re: RFC: future of the smbfs and smbfsx packages
i'm not a debian developer but i like option 2 more
On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 08:25:12PM +0000, Eloy A. Paris wrote:
> Hi!
>
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> Possible Solutions
> ------------------
>
> Option 1: Create a new small package called smbfs-common that contains
> the wrapper. Then rename the binaries to smbmount-2.0.x and
> smbmount-2.2.x and let the wrapper choose which one to call depending
> on the kernel version that is running. Use alternatives to handle the
> man pages.
>
> Option 2: Put the wrapper script inside package smbfsx (the wrapper
> isn't needed for the smbfs package because the wrapper emulates the
> good-old syntax of the old smbmount). Then have smbfs conflict with
> smbfsx (they can't be installed at the same time).
>
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