Wait. Got it: DPKG won't squash a previous directory.
Fixed in maintainer script. Patch attached.
Release Team:
Is this something worth getting a freeze exception for? If yes, should
it be introduced via unstable, jessies-update, or something else?
Cheers!
Martin-Éric
2015-01-16 14:48 GMT+02:00 Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi>:
> Hey Andreas,
>
> debian/rules uses this:
>
> override_dh_installdocs:
> dh_installdocs --link-doc=xserver-xorg-video-geode NEWS README TODO
>
> Surely that would link the -dbg package's /usr/share/doc/foo-dbg to
> .../foo, wouldn't it?
>
> Martin-Éric
>
>
> 2015-01-16 5:21 GMT+02:00 Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org>:
>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg
>> Version: 2.11.16-5
>> Severity: serious
>> User: debian...@lists.debian.org
>> Usertags: piuparts
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> a test with piuparts revealed that your package misses the copyright
>> file after an upgrade, which is a violation of Policy 12.5:
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile
>>
>> After the upgrade /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE/ is just an empty directory.
>>
>> This was observed on the following upgrade paths:
>>
>> wheezy -> jessie
>>
>> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>>
>> 3m56.0s ERROR: WARN: Inadequate results from running adequate!
>> xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg: missing-copyright-file
>> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg/copyright
>>
>> 3m59.5s DUMP:
>> MISSING COPYRIGHT FILE:
>> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg/copyright
>> # ls -lad /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Jan 15 11:43
>> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg
>> # ls -la /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg/
>> total 0
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Jan 15 11:43 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 185 root root 3840 Jan 15 11:43 ..
>>
>>
>> Additional info may be available here:
>> https://wiki.debian.org/MissingCopyrightFile
>>
>> Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace directories with symlinks
>> and vice versa, you need the maintainer scripts to do this.
>> See in particular the end of point 4 in
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase
>>
>> It is recommended to use the dpkg-maintscript-helper commands
>> 'dir_to_symlink' and 'symlink_to_dir' (available since dpkg 1.17.14)
>> to perform the conversion, ideally using d/$PACKAGE.mainstscript.
>> Do not forget to add 'Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}' in d/control.
>> See dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) and dh_installdeb(1) for details.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Andreas
diff -Nru xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog
--- xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog 2014-11-11
01:12:48.000000000 +0200
+++ xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/changelog 2015-01-16
15:11:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+xserver-xorg-video-geode (2.11.16-6) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * debian/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg.maintscript:
+ + New file. Handles dir_to_symlink for 2.11.13-5 (Closes: # 775471).
+ * debian/control:
+ + xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg: Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
+
+ -- Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:10:36
+0200
+
xserver-xorg-video-geode (2.11.16-5) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/control:
diff -Nru xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control
--- xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control 2014-11-11
00:33:21.000000000 +0200
+++ xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/control 2015-01-16
15:10:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
Architecture: any-i386
Section: debug
Priority: extra
+Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Depends: xserver-xorg-core-dbg,
xserver-xorg-video-geode (= ${binary:Version}),
${misc:Depends},
diff -Nru
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg.maintscript
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg.maintscript
---
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg.maintscript
1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++
xserver-xorg-video-geode-2.11.16/debian/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg.maintscript
2015-01-16 15:02:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dir_to_symlink /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode-dbg
/usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-geode 2.11.13-5
