[arch-general] makepkg creates symlink to the package file

[Hilton Medeiros]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:25:54 -0500
ProfessorTomoe <tomoe at lbjackson.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 19:08 +0200, Attila wrote:
> 
> > > Is there a way to disable the symbolic link creation?  I install
> > > aur packages using makepkg -ci, but the -ci switch combo does not
> > > delete the symlink.  I don't want them created in the first
> > > place, so can I somehow turn off this behavior?
> > 
> > I start using a shell script for running makepg. At the moment i
> > have no better idea to delete it. But for running namcap right
> > after makepkg this symlink is an advantage.
> 
> I don't want or need the symlinks to be created in the first place.
> Can someone advise on how to turn them off?
> 
> Barring that, could we get a pacman.conf switch to disable symlinks?
> 
> 

Just _remove_ it: rm -f goddamn-symlink.so
What is exactly the problem with it anyway?