Bug#571022: Please provide a symlink to /usr/lib/syrthes/3.4.2/ to avoid the hardcoded version in the path

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le lundi 22 mars 2010 à 10:48 +0100, Gilles Filippini a écrit :
> Hi Sylvestre,
> 
> Sylvestre Ledru a écrit , Le -10/01/-28163 20:59:
> > Package: syrthes
> > Version: 3.4.2.dfsg.1-1
> > Severity: normal
> 
> Sorry for the delay: I've somewhat missed this bug report :/
No worries.

> > It would be nice if you could make a symlink like
> > ln -s /usr/lib/syrthes/3.4.2/ /usr/lib/syrthes/current
> > This would simplify the use of this directory (I would not have to
> > update the reverse dependencies of syrthes when there is a new upstream
> > release)
> 
> It isn't that simple IMHO. The reason for the version hard-coding in the
> syrthes path is to be able to install different syrthes versions on the
> same box. See also debian/README.source.
I know but you are causing problems just for a specific usage here.


> That's not as elegant as I thought initially. 
What kind of problem do you have ?

> Hence I'm thinking about trying other solutions. The easier would be to drop the version
> hard-coding for the official debian package.
As I told you before, I don't think it is appropriate for such Debian
package to handle this.

Sylvestre