Control: tags -1 patch Hi,
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 03:25:03PM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Looks like /usr/share/doc/python-cxx-dev was a symlink in squeeze and is a > directory in wheezy. Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace > directories with symlinks and vice versa. > > python-cxx-dev.preinst should probably do something like > > test ! -L /usr/share/doc/python-cxx-dev || rm > /usr/share/doc/python-cxx-dev > > Please clean this up in wheezy. Based on the hint from Andreas, I created a patch to fix this bug. I tested the new version with piuparts, and the problem is gone. Cheers, Ivo
diff -Nru pycxx-6.2.4/debian/changelog pycxx-6.2.4/debian/changelog --- pycxx-6.2.4/debian/changelog 2012-03-19 03:03:15.000000000 +0100 +++ pycxx-6.2.4/debian/changelog 2012-12-22 12:44:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +pycxx (6.2.4-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Remove symlink /usr/share/doc/python-cxx-dev before installing + (Closes: #696074). Thanks to Andreas Beckmann for the report. + + -- Ivo De Decker <ivo.dedec...@ugent.be> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:44:12 +0100 + pycxx (6.2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release diff -Nru pycxx-6.2.4/debian/python-cxx-dev.preinst pycxx-6.2.4/debian/python-cxx-dev.preinst --- pycxx-6.2.4/debian/python-cxx-dev.preinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ pycxx-6.2.4/debian/python-cxx-dev.preinst 2012-12-22 12:31:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +#! /bin/sh + +set -e + +case "$1" in + install|upgrade) + test ! -L /usr/share/doc/python-cxx-dev || rm /usr/share/doc/python-cxx-dev + ;; + + abort-upgrade) + ;; + + *) + echo "preinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 + exit 1 + ;; +esac + + +#DEBHELPER# +
