gdb-* -> gdb-*a links on FTP site? [was Re: binutils-2.20.1a replaced by 2.20.1 and so 2.21.1a?]

gdb-* -> gdb-*a links on FTP site? [was Re: binutils-2.20.1a replaced by 2.20.1 and so 2.21.1a?]

[Martin Guy]

On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:43:20, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Abdoulaye Walsimou GAYE wrote:
>> On 08/30/2011 05:36 PM, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>> This kind of URL change is a serial killer for automatic build system/script already shipped.
>> Is it possible to have simlinks like 'oldername'->'newname'
>> (as for example binutils-2.21.1a.tar.bz2 tarball will actually contain binutils-2.21.1)?
>
>Yes, good idea.
>Done for 2.16 to 2.21.1.
>
>Tristan.

Hi
   Could the same scheme of links be implemented on the gdb download site?
As gdb-6.2a.tar.gz unpacks to gdb-6.2/ etc, that would also avoid the
need for extra code everywhere to handle that

cheers & thanks for all the good work

    M

Re: gdb-* -> gdb-*a links on FTP site? [was Re: binutils-2.20.1a replaced by 2.20.1 and so 2.21.1a?]

[Joel Brobecker]

>    Could the same scheme of links be implemented on the gdb download
>    site?  As gdb-6.2a.tar.gz unpacks to gdb-6.2/ etc, that would also
>    avoid the need for extra code everywhere to handle that

We already discussed this, and RMS asked that we NOT do this in
order to raise awareness to the issue.

Sorry.
-- 
Joel