[Bug 565895] unfortunate symlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf -> /usr/share/fontconfig/...

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Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
         Resolution|                            |NOTABUG

--- Comment #1 from Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net> 2010-02-16 14:07:51 EST ---
The question of symlinks has been debated to death by FPC in the past and no
one has found a compelling argument for or against absolute/relative symlinks.
They work better in some situations, and worse in others. In the end it was
decided not to mandate one form or the other (and disable the rpmlint check
that tried to force one of the choices)

In the fonts case absolute symlinks make the spec template simpler, which is a
clear maintenance benefit, so the official Fedora fonts spec template uses
absolute symlinks.

I don't intend to change it unless rpm makes it as easy to use relative
symlinks, or someone manages to convince FPC/FESCO they are clearly better and
should be mandated.

It is known some use cases are not absolute-symlinks-proof. However others are
not relative-symlinks-proof. So you're not finding anything new.

IMHO since Fedora intentionally does not mandate a specific symlink form, if
you can't handle both of them, you're going to have trouble sooner or later.

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