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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