retitle 287515 xutils: [lndir] want new -ignoredirs option that creates symlinks to directories instead of building tree tag 287515 + upstream thanks On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 02:38:15PM +0100, Sebastian Reichelt wrote: > Package: xutils > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > This patch adds an option '-ignoredirs' (like '-ignorelinks') that creates > a symlink even if the target is a directory. This may not be useful for X, but > since the lndir program is usually in the search path, I think you should also > allow a patch which makes the program more useful in general. (I often need to > create a shadow of the dotfiles and dotdirs in my home directory to make a > backup of my settings, and this tool seems to be the best way to achieve this.) > > If you intend to apply the patch, I will fix the indentation and update the > documentation. Triage-wise, I don't think it's a good idea to grapple with this particular request until after we get X.Org X11 6.8.2 into unstable. Please do feel free to nag the debian-x mailing list about this once that's happened though. You can achieve this by simply following up to the bug address. Thanks for your report! -- G. Branden Robinson | Damnit, we're all going to die; Debian GNU/Linux | let's die doing something *useful*! branden@debian.org | -- Hal Clement, on comments that http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | space exploration is dangerous
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