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Re: symlinks



Ian Zimmerman (itz@speakeasy.org) wrote:
> 
> > jade (1.2.1-25) unstable; urgency=low
> > .
> >    * fix a bug introduced in last version where symlink for SP-supplied
> >      declarations were not properly created in /usr/lib/sgml, instead the
> >      blob character was created (oops!)
> >      closes: #124251, #125913, #127630
> 
> BTW, why are these symlinks needed at all?  Of the packages that
> provide SGML stuff and have transitioned to /usr/share/sgml, only sp
> and sgml-data seem to maintain such symlinks.

Adam wanted to keep them for backwards-compatibility.  In a way this does
make sense, since we introduce the move from /usr/lib/sgml to /usr/share/sgml
in woody.  I expect these can be removd in woody+1.

Thanks,
Ardo
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