Re: [PATCH] Debian packaging for 0.99.4

From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date: Aug 11, 2005, 20:32 UTC
Message-ID: <20050811203248.GC5411@kiste.smurf.noris.de>
In-Reply-To: <E1E3Jag-0005Tm-EQ@highlab.com>

Hi,

Sebastian Kuzminsky:

> > The cg script has a bit more value.
> 
> Tried that too, and I got the bug reports to prove it.  ;-)
>

Another possible solution: Rename git's git to X and install ours as Y. Ask the user which should be symlinked to /usr/bin/git, if both are installed, via the existing "alternatives" system.

(The install scripts to Gnu Interactive Tools should of course do the same thing.)

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