Re: Gconf glitch

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 03Oct2001 09:53AM (+0100), Ross Golder wrote:
> On Wed, 2001-10-03 at 09:41, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> > 
> > > How does this work with packaging systems? Does the symlink you get
> > > depend on the order in which the packages are installed?
> > 
> > No, 2 packages containing same file are supposed to conflict with each
> > other (true even if the file concerned is symbolic link), so can't
> > decide which package this symbolic should belong to. Or just don't
> > include the symbolic link at all in both gconf1 and gconf2......
> > 
> 
> Why not have the packaging system create the symlink, in the
> post-installation script.? This way both can be installed in parallel,
> with no conflicts, and whichever was installed last gets the symlink.
> 

I really dislike the semantics of whichever was installed last
winning. If you install many packages at once, as with an O/S
installer, you can't necessarily even predict which package will get
installed first.

 - Maciej