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Bug#287515: xutils: [lndir] [patch] create symlinks to directories instead of building tree



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!

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