Why do people think symlinking incompatible shared libraries is a good idea.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 10084663ebc7..c18bf719cae0 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = libtinfo5
 	pkgdesc = symlink to ncurses for use in cuda and other packages (legacy)
 	pkgver = 5
-	pkgrel = 19
+	pkgrel = 20
 	url = http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
 	arch = any
 	license = MIT
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 48696d7227d0..642ced9691db 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pkgname=libtinfo5
 pkgver=5
-pkgrel=19
+pkgrel=20
 pkgdesc="symlink to ncurses for use in cuda and other packages (legacy)"
 arch=('any')
 url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ license=('MIT')
 depends=('ncurses')
 
 package() {
-  install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib"
-  ln -s "/usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6" -T "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5"
+    error "libtinfo.so.5 is provided by ncurses5-compat-libs, please do not use dangerous symlinks"
+    return 1
 }