[Pkg-gnupg-maint] RFC: Moving gpg to /bin?

[Sune Vuorela]

On Thursday 03 September 2009 11:58:24 Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking about moving gpg to /bin to solve bugs #386980 and #477671.
> But this might break scripts and executables, which hardcoded gpg (e.g.
> dput). So what to do? Create a symlink
>
> /usr/bin/gpg -> /bin/gpg
>
> as a workaround and file bugs against all packages, which hard-coded the
> path? Or ship the symlink for the next two releases?
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/386980
> http://bugs.debian.org/477671

Another thing we should think about is "do we ever want to move the large 
userbase to gnupg2", and then the dependencies of gnupg2 should also be taken 
into account.

I'm not currently sure I think moving the binary to /bin is a good idea. Just 
because some users wants it doesn't mean it should be done.

I have over the last month been procrastinating writing and sending a email 
about gnupg2 vs gnupg. I hope to get it done soon.

/Sune
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