On 2021-03-16 Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: libvigraimpex-doc > Version: 1.11.1+dfsg-8 > Severity: serious > User: [email protected] > Usertags: piuparts
> Hi, > an upgrade test with piuparts revealed that your package installs files > over existing symlinks and possibly overwrites files owned by other > packages. This usually means an old version of the package shipped a > symlink but that was later replaced by a real (and non-empty) > directory. This kind of overwriting another package's files cannot be > detected by dpkg. Humpf. We have ametzler@argenau:~/GIT/writing/vigra-debian$ head -n5 debian/libvigraimpex-doc.maintscript # 1.11.1+dfsg-2 shipped the symlink, -3 did not. symlink_to_dir /usr/share/doc/libvigraimpex-dev/html /usr/share/doc/libvigraimpex-doc/html 1.11.1+dfsg-3~ libvigraimpex-doc But dh_installdeb does not seem to have used it. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
