Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] tools: ynl: provide symlinks to user-facing scripts for compatibility

[Jan Stancek]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 10:21 AM Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 03:26, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon,  9 Dec 2024 15:47:14 +0100 Jan Stancek wrote:
> > > For backwards compatibility provide also symlinks from original location
> > > of user facing scripts.
> >
> > Did someone ask for this? Does everything work without the symlinks?
> > If the answers are "no", "yes" then let's try without this patch.
> > In tree users should be able to adjust.
>
> I asked for the symlinks for cli.py and ethtool.py to avoid surprising
> people when they move. The ynl-gen- scripts are primarily used in-tree
> via Makefiles so I didn't think they should be symlinked. Happy to go
> with your suggestion to drop this if you'd prefer not to have any
> symlinks.

I'll drop them, we can always add them later in case someone
_really_ needs original script locations.

>
> Thanks,
> Donald
>