reassign 44079 libapache-mod-jserv thanks On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: dhelp > Version: 0.3.13 > > Adam Heath wrote: > > Setting up libapache-mod-jserv (1.0-2) ... > > ln: /usr/doc//libapache-mod-jserv: cannot overwrite directory > > dpkg: error processing libapache-mod-jserv (--configure): > > # ls /usr/doc//libapache-mod-jserv -a > > . .. .dhelp > > > > Maybe these files should NOT be created in /usr/doc, but in a cache/lib > > dir of some kind. With this dynamic .dhelp file in place, dpkg didn't > > remove > > the dir, so creating the symlink fails. > > > > Or, pkgs doing the symlink thing need to deregister themselves in the > > preinst. > > Hm, packages that use doc-base are supposed to call install-docs -r in their > prerm. Presumably, this will de-register them from dhelp and remove the > .dhelp file. > > Similarly, dhelp's own docs say: > > In <tt>prerm</tt> you should use:<P> > > <BLOCKQUOTE><PRE> > if [ -f /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse ]; then > /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse -d /usr/share/doc/directory > fi > </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><P> > > But it looks like libapache-mod-jserv does this -- so why are the .dhelp > files still left behind? Bug in dhelp? Some experimentation: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/doc>dhelp_parse -d /usr/sbin/dhelp_parse -d > /usr/doc/apt/dhelp > dhelp_parse: You can add only directories under /usr/share/doc! > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/doc>ls -l apt/.dhelp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 549 Feb 15 1999 apt/.dhelp > > Well well. So if you had an old prrm that followed what dhelp said to do and > tried to remove the .dhelp files, and you use the current dhelp, it'll just > fail like that. > > If dhelp were halfway intelligent, it would continue to let you at lease > remove .dhelp files in /usr/doc. I think this is bug against dhelp. > > -- > see shy jo Actually, no. :( The .dhelp in libapache-mod-jserv is created by install-docs, and libapache-mod-jserv DOES call installdocs with -i and -r, except in one instance. During prerm, installd-docs -r needs to be called when $1 == upgrade. Currently, jserv only does this when $1 == remove. Adam
