GNU bug report logs - #43984
`--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version

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From: pkill9 <pkill9 <at> runbox.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 43984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 02:03:11 +0100

> All I’m saying is that nothing can be done when the new name is longer
> than the old one: we just cannot graft.

If a symlink is used though, it wouldn't matter if the new name is
longer, the symlink would point to the new package, and the name of the
symlink would match the length of the old package.

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