gdb-* -> gdb-*a links on FTP site? [was Re: binutils-2.20.1a replaced by 2.20.1 and so 2.21.1a?]

[Martin Guy]

On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:43:20, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Abdoulaye Walsimou GAYE wrote:
>> On 08/30/2011 05:36 PM, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>> This kind of URL change is a serial killer for automatic build system/script already shipped.
>> Is it possible to have simlinks like 'oldername'->'newname'
>> (as for example binutils-2.21.1a.tar.bz2 tarball will actually contain binutils-2.21.1)?
>
>Yes, good idea.
>Done for 2.16 to 2.21.1.
>
>Tristan.

Hi
   Could the same scheme of links be implemented on the gdb download site?
As gdb-6.2a.tar.gz unpacks to gdb-6.2/ etc, that would also avoid the
need for extra code everywhere to handle that

cheers & thanks for all the good work

    M