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

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Message-ID: <CAD4GDZzwVhiJjJ=dqXMSqN39EeVBrUbO3QYB=ZhrExC86yybNg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:21:17 +0000
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Jan Stancek <jstancek@...hat.com>, stfomichev@...il.com, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, horms@...nel.org, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] tools: ynl: provide symlinks to user-facing
 scripts for compatibility

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 03:26, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> 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.

Thanks,
Donald