Debian Bug report logs - #43720
add support for alternatives somehow (and other redundant requests)

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Engel <dlengel@home.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: debhelper: Wishlist items for debhelper

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:08:07 -0500 (CDT)

Package: debhelper
Version: 2.0.27
Severity: wishlist

Here are some wishlist items for debhelper:

1. Support for dpkg alternatives.

2. Supoort for dpkg diversions.

3. Support for symlinking to the main package's doc directory.  E.g.
   /usr/doc/libfoo-dev -> libfoo.

David

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux c67032-a 2.2.12 #1 Thu Aug 26 10:03:05 CDT 1999 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages debhelper depends on:
ii  file            3.27-4         Determines file type using "magic" numbers
ii  fileutils       4.0-2          GNU file management utilities.
ii  perl-5.005-base 5.005.03-3     The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5)
ii  perl-5.005-base 5.005.03-3     The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl)

Message #14 received at 43720@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

To: 43720@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: debhelper: Wishlist items for debhelper

Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:56:33 +0200

On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:08:07 -0500 (CDT) David Engel <dlengel@home.com>
wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 2.0.27
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Here are some wishlist items for debhelper:
> 
> 1. Support for dpkg alternatives.
> 
> 2. Supoort for dpkg diversions.
> 
> 3. Support for symlinking to the main package's doc directory.  E.g.
>    /usr/doc/libfoo-dev -> libfoo.
> 
> David
> 
> [...]

Minutes from a meeting between Guillem and I on this topic for later:
 * https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2015/08/msg00031.html

~Niels

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