https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=223524 ------- Comment #31 from eich@novell.com 2006-11-28 11:27 MST ------- (In reply to comment #28)
in theory it should be possible to run my RFC script stuff at any time, isn't it ? obviously I've not tried running it myself yet ;-)
Yes, it should run at any time.
I could think of a new, independant RPM (which might be available as post-10.2 online-update) called "give-me-legacy-X11-paths-compatibility.rpm" which does exactly that directory moving and symlink creation stuff. users would be free to install it or not. right now I don't see any specific problem doing this stuff at any time as it doesn't break any existing new paths but only adds additional (formerly broken) old access paths. am I wrong ?!
Can we forsee that this will not break a later update under all circumstances?
right now I think I'll create such an legacy-update script for myself and our company before I move any non-testing system to 10.2-final. if this will happen I'll let you know and report about my experiances (so stay tuned... ;-)
If we ship this it may create a support issue in the future. If for instance you cannot remove the directory because it's not empty there may be a binary with the same name in the other directory. In this case if you move the directory and link you may create a validation error or an uninstall may later catch the wrong file. If such duplicates exist (and I think in the past they did to destinguish between X and non-X aware versions of an application) it may not be save to monkey with the directory at all - without risking the integrity of the installation. That's why I don't like to ship such a script. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.