Dear all, In the old mozart-doc package the documentation lives at
/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/.... and there is a symlink from /usr/share/mozart/doc: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Aug 5 10:39 /usr/share/mozart/doc -> ../doc/mozart-doc/html In my new package I want to swap this, so all documentation exists beneath /usr/share/mozart/doc and there is a symlink from /usr/share/mozart-doc/html, but then I get warnings when upgrading: @quaver:mozart-1.3.1.20040616 4Q> sudo dpkg -i debian/mozart-doc.deb (Reading database ... 181040 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mozart-doc 1.2.5.20030212-3 (using debian/mozart-doc.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mozart-doc ... dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/releasing': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/ds_white_paper': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/dpanel': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/loop': Directory not empty etc. and the old html and symlink still exist (this is documented - dpkg won't overwite a symlink with a directory or vice-versa). If I remove /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html in the new package's preinst script then I get the layout I wanted :-), but I still get the warnings: @quaver:mozart-1.3.1.20040616 4Q> sudo dpkg -i debian/mozart-doc.deb (Reading database ... 181040 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mozart-doc 1.2.5.20030212-3 (using debian/mozart-doc.deb) ... + set -e + case "$1" in + for a in doc examples html + '[' -d /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/doc ']' + for a in doc examples html + '[' -d /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/examples ']' + rm -rf /usr/share/mozart/examples + rm -rf /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/examples + for a in doc examples html + '[' -d /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html ']' + rm -rf /usr/share/mozart/html + rm -rf /usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html + exit 0 Unpacking replacement mozart-doc ... dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/releasing': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/ds_white_paper': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/share/doc/mozart-doc/html/dpanel': Directory not empty etc. Any explanations, suggestions gratefully received. Is it acceptable to upload a package which gives these warnings on the upgrade? thanks Kevin -- ------------- you're invited to: ------------------------- The Second International Mozart/Oz Conference (MOZ 2004) Charleroi, Belgium, Oct. 7-8, 2004 http://www.cetic.be/moz2004 ----------------------------------------------------------
