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

Ray Rashif schivmeister at gmail.com
Fri Jun 25 02:29:00 EDT 2010


On 25 June 2010 01:37, Attila <vodoo0904 at sonnenkinder.org> wrote:
> At Donnerstag, 24. Juni 2010 14:39 Hilton Medeiros wrote:
>
>> Just remove it: rm -f goddamn-symlink.so
>> What is exactly the problem with it anyway?
>
> Your hint is not very productive because you confound cause and effect. The
> problem is not to delete this file because i think everyone here can use rm.
>
> For me this link is now a good help (and memory) to run namcap which i forgot in
> the most cases and therefore i found my peace with it. But i can understand the
> wish for a config variable if some don't need this.

In what kind of situation would someone have something against that symlink?

Anyway, you should direct your idea(s) to pacman-dev.


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