tags 696069 pending # NMU in delayed queue thanks On 2012-12-16 Andreas Beckmann <deb...@abeckmann.de> wrote: > Package: libmcs-dev [...] > during an upgrade test with piuparts I noticed your package installs > files over an existing symlink, overwriting files from another package > in a way that is not detected by dpkg:
> 0m43.8s INFO: dirname part contains a symlink: > /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev/changelog.Debian.gz != > /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/changelog.Debian.gz (libmcs-dev) > /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev/copyright != /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/copyright > (libmcs-dev) > Looks like /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev was a symlink in squeeze and is a > directory in wheezy. > libmcs-dev.preinst should probably do something like > test ! -L /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev || rm /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev > Please clean this up in wheezy. [...] Hello, I have just uploaded a NMU to delayed/10 to fix the issue. Patch attached. hth, 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'
diff -Nru mcs-0.7.2/debian/changelog mcs-0.7.2/debian/changelog --- mcs-0.7.2/debian/changelog 2011-07-19 23:03:20.000000000 +0200 +++ mcs-0.7.2/debian/changelog 2012-12-25 15:10:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +mcs (0.7.2-2.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * [libmcs-dev.preinst libmcs-utils.preinst libmcs-backend-gconf.preinst]: + On upgrades check whether the respective entry in /usr/share/doc/ is + a symlink and remove it. + [libmcs1.preinst] On upgrades remove /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/html and + /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/refman.pdf.gz which might have been placed there + by libmcs-doc, when the broken syminks mentioned above existed. + Closes: #696069 + + -- Andreas Metzler <ametz...@debian.org> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:09:59 +0100 + mcs (0.7.2-2) unstable; urgency=low * Fix build depends on LaTeX packages needed to build the documentation diff -Nru mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs1.preinst mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs1.preinst --- mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs1.preinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs1.preinst 2012-12-25 15:04:18.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +set -e + +case "$1" in + upgrade) + if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" '<<' 0.7.2-2.1~ ; then + # libmcs-doc installs symlinks in /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev. + # If the old libmcs-dev -> libmcs1 symlink exists, the links + # end up in the wrong directory and prevent removal of + # /usr/share/doc/libmcs1 on purging libmcs1. - This is the + # reason for removing them here instead of in libmcs-doc + # maintainerscripts. + test ! -L /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/html || \ + rm /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/html + test ! -L /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/refman.pdf.gz || + rm /usr/share/doc/libmcs1/refman.pdf.gz + fi + ;; +esac + +#DEBHELPER# diff -Nru mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-backend-gconf.preinst mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-backend-gconf.preinst --- mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-backend-gconf.preinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-backend-gconf.preinst 2012-12-25 14:19:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +set -e + +case "$1" in + upgrade) + if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" '<<' 0.7.2-2.1~ && \ + test -L /usr/share/doc/libmcs-backend-gconf ; then + rm /usr/share/doc/libmcs-backend-gconf + fi + ;; +esac + +#DEBHELPER# diff -Nru mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-dev.preinst mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-dev.preinst --- mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-dev.preinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-dev.preinst 2012-12-25 14:41:50.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +set -e + +case "$1" in + upgrade) + if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" '<<' 0.7.2-2.1~ && \ + test -L /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev ; then + rm /usr/share/doc/libmcs-dev + fi + ;; +esac + +#DEBHELPER# diff -Nru mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-utils.preinst mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-utils.preinst --- mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-utils.preinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ mcs-0.7.2/debian/libmcs-utils.preinst 2012-12-25 14:19:32.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +set -e + +case "$1" in + upgrade) + if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" '<<' 0.7.2-2.1~ && \ + test -L /usr/share/doc/libmcs-utils ; then + rm /usr/share/doc/libmcs-utils + fi + ;; +esac + +#DEBHELPER#
