Package: dpkg
Version: 1.16.0.3
Severity: wishlist
Hey,
as said on irc, it'd be nice if dpkg could handle package upgrade
involving symlinks and directories a bit more nicely.
In this case, libexo-common upgrade replaced two symlinks by
directories, and without any special care, the error is not really
clear.
Debdiff between two packages were:
Differences in libexo-common between 0.6.0-3 and 0.6.1-1
[The following lists of changes regard files as different if they have
different names, permissions or owners.]
Files in second .deb but not in first
-------------------------------------
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/el/images/exo-preferred-applications-internet.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/el/images/exo-preferred-applications-utilities.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/el/images/exo-preferred-applications-webbrowser-custom.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/el/images/exo-preferred-applications-webbrowser-menu.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/sv/images/exo-preferred-applications-internet.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/sv/images/exo-preferred-applications-utilities.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/sv/images/exo-preferred-applications-webbrowser-custom.png
-rw-r--r-- root/root
/usr/share/doc/exo/html/sv/images/exo-preferred-applications-webbrowser-menu.png
Files in first .deb but not in second
-------------------------------------
lrwxrwxrwx root/root /usr/share/doc/exo/html/el/images -> ../C/images
lrwxrwxrwx root/root /usr/share/doc/exo/html/sv/images -> ../C/images
Control files: lines which differ (wdiff format)
------------------------------------------------
Installed-Size: [-1120-] {+1356+}
Version: [-0.6.0-3-] {+0.6.1-1+}
(without anything done in preinst)
And upgrade logs:
Unpacking replacement libexo-common ...
dpkg: error processing
/home/corsac/debian/pkg-xfce/scripts/pbuilder/xfce/build-sid-amd64-trunk/./libexo-common_0.6.1-1_all.deb
(--unpack):
unable to open
'/usr/share/doc/exo/html/C/images/exo-preferred-applications-internet.png.dpkg-new':
No such file or directory
configured to not write apport reports
Processing triggers for
hicolor-icon-theme ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/home/corsac/debian/pkg-xfce/scripts/pbuilder/xfce/build-sid-amd64-trunk/./libexo-common_0.6.1-1_all.deb
Regards,
--
Yves-Alexis
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