Re: PROPOSAL: command line for LSB package program
Daniel Bradley wrote:
> >
> > WHY should we change the name? We didn't change the name of
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail to lsb-mta because we standardized the interface.
>
> Yeah but after it was done I think a lot of people realized it was a
> stupid thing to do.
>
I believe it was exactly the right thing to do.
> > All you do by changing the name is breaking all existing scripts.
>
> Oh come on!, all you need is a symlink from lsb-package to rpm.
No, you have 2^n scripts out there trying to access "rpm". Now you have
to rewrite them. Congrats.
-hpa
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