[Slackbuilds-users] Updates - 20070822

alkos333 me at alkos333.net
Thu Sep 27 19:01:41 UTC 2007


I don't know like this package - it doesn't comply with Slackware packaging,
so I would go with option 1.

On 9/27/07, Alan Hicks <alan at lizella.net> wrote:
>
> Robby Workman wrote:
> >> I am very much against this binary patching. Symlinking would be much
> >> cleaner.
> >
> > That being the case, would it be better to do one of these:
> > 1. Remove the qemu binary repackage script from our repo, since it
> >    can't be made to work properly *and* keep everything out of the
> >    /usr/local hierarchy, OR
> > 2. Leave the qemu binary distributed in /usr/local as it's packaged
> >    originally and add/rearrange only as needed for the docs and such
> >    to be compliant with Slackware packaging
> > 3. Leave it as is and hope for the best
>
> 4. Leave it as is and make note of the problem with both solutions in
> the README for the user to consider.  Never, ever, out think the user.
> When the solution is this easy, and it's noted clear in the README file,
> than a user has no right to complain or think a "package" as it were is
> broken.  Period.
>
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