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From: pkill9 <pkill9@runbox.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 43984@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 02:03:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201017020311.0c68f3d5@runbox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sgae8qlh.fsf@gnu.org>

> All I’m saying is that nothing can be done when the new name is longer
> than the old one: we just cannot graft.

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.




  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-17  1:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-14  0:55 bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version pkill9
2020-10-15  7:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-15 18:50   ` pkill9
2020-10-16  9:31     ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-17  1:03       ` pkill9 [this message]
2020-10-20 21:29         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-20 22:34           ` Mark H Weaver
2020-10-21  8:45             ` Ludovic Courtès

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