Debian Bug report logs -
#18101
dpkg-deb: symlink wish.
Reported by: "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:19:58 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Found in version 1.4.0.20
Done: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Report forwarded to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#18101; Package dpkg.
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Acknowledgement sent to "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.
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Message #5 received at maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20
Severity: wishlist
Currently, maintainers of shared library packages must ensure that the .so
-> .so.version link follows the .so.version file. This is done more or less
"by hand" relying on the fact that dpkg-deb uses tar, and the way tar deals
with directory entries, and the way directory entries are created.
I would like to see dpkg-deb's behaviour changed to include symlinks after
the files they point to, so this problem is solved once and for all.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (unstable)
Kernel Version: Linux penguin.wi.leidenuniv.nl 2.0.33 #4 Wed Dec 17 09:23:33 CET 1997 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6 Version: 2.0.6-3
libg++272 Version: 2.7.2.8-0.1
ncurses3.4 Version: 1.9.9g-8
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Ray Dassen <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>
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