Comment 9 for bug 435856

> Actually, this workaround works fine as long as you remove the symlink before upgrading, like Michael Favia said
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> Quote:
>> Make sure you delete this symlink before you upgrade packages again though so you dont conflict with upstream changes if it is > fixed. -mf

Problem is that folks spread around such workaround without the rest ... and even if they dont, users _will_ forget to do that and in a year start filing odd bugs and you have a hard time to finally figure out that they had a link ... and noone knows where that comes from.

Then, two years later and three more bugs like this, folks create links even if they are struck by something completely different etc ... only way out is to not give such hints in the first place -- yes, i know its hard ...