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bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different le
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version |
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Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:29:57 +0200 |
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Hi,
pkill9 <pkill9@runbox.com> skribis:
>> All I’m saying is that nothing can be done when the new name is longer
>> than the old one: we just cannot graft.
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> If a symlink is used though, it wouldn't matter if the new name is
> longer, the symlink would point to the new package, and the name of the
> symlink would match the length of the old package.
But who would refer to that symlink? The thing on which the graft is
applied can only refer to the store item that has the right length.
Ludo’.