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Re: Package symlinks removal



* On 2016-05-05 at 22:25 BST, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> I'd like to remove the symlink trees for categories under packages/.
> Removing the "All" component is a second step, package repositories can
> keep a "All -> ." symlink for compatibility.

Yes please.  Getting rid of the needless incompatibility between
PKG_PATH/pkgin (needs All/) and BINPKG_SITES (must not use All/) would
be a nice side-effect.

-- 
Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com


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