[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 21192 - urkud - in nixpkgs/branches/mass-update-01/pkgs: development/libraries/gpgme tools/security tools/security/gnupg tools/security/gnupg1 tools/security/gnupg2 top-level

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Yury,

Yury G Kudryashov <urkud at mccme.ru> writes:

> Log:
> Move gnupg to gnupg1 and gnupg2 to gnupg
>
> Also add gnupg1-compatibility symlinks to gnupg2.
> Most packages should be able to use gnupg2 instead of gnupg1.

[...]

> +  postInstall = ''
> +    ln -s gpg2 $out/bin/gpg
> +    ln -s gpgv2 $out/bin/gpgv
> +  '';

I think we shouldn’t make that symlink, because it’s a decision up to
the GnuPG developers and there must be a good reason why they didn’t do
it.

How about removing these and optionally submitting the suggestion
upstream?

Thanks,
Ludo’.