Bug#418217: lintian: Please check for identical, non-linked binaries.
Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> writes:
> Well, as with other fixes in Debian packages, the fix could go upstream.
> The idea seems generally useful: if you want to install two identical
> binaries, install all but one using "ln".
Hm. Do you think this is something Policy should say something about, or
is it more a best practice kind of thing?
This feels like the kind of thing that, if lintian is going to warn about
it, should also be in either Policy or the DevRef.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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