On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 11:42:30PM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote: > Daniel Kobras wrote: > > > Method B > > > > Package: oldpkg > > Depends: newpkg > > Files: > > /usr/share/doc/oldpkg -> /usr/share/doc/newpkg > > (and nothing else) > > Does not this hit another bug in dpkg ? > > It seems that empty old directories cannot be replaced by a > symlink without special pre/postinst script to help. My package > catched this bug and I had to workaround it (see #362487).
You are correct, though it is sometime considered a feature. In this case, this means that oldpkg preinst must remove /usr/share/doc/oldpkg. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
