Re: Vanishing /usr/doc symlink
Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 11:21:23PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Santiago Vila wrote:
> > > I was referring to the particular item suggesting base-files should do
> > > such and such, not to the plan as a whole.
> >
> > Well, I don't think the original plan did say base-files had to include
> > the directory, but it certianly required that the directory still
> > _be_there_. Do you have a better candidate package to include it?
>
> If all else fails, debootstrap could create it before installing
> packages. Obviously it's not as neat as having it in the dpkg database,
> but, since it only matters for new installs and since it'll be rmdir'ed
> later, it should work well enough.
Seems a much better place to me, please add a debconf question so that
users are able to say no.
A fresh woody install should *not* need symlinks in /usr/doc.
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