[Bug 294244] Re: package totem-common 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup symlink for `./usr/share/gnome/help/totem/oc/figures/totem_next_button.png': No such file or directory

[Randal Leavitt]

Somehow the files

/usr/share/gnome/help/totem/oc/figures/totem_next_button.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes/spreadsheet.svg

had both been turned into directory links, pointing at directories with
the same name.  The directory pointed at seemed to be inside the one
doing the pointing.  This erroneous linking seemed to descend for about
twenty levels.  It was interesting to see the same problem happen in two
unrelated locations involving unrelated packages.  I have no idea how
this happened.  As long as this bad linking existed the two packages
could not be installed, even after purging them out and attempting to
completely reinstall them from scratch.  Finally I deleted all the
erroneous links with these commands:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /usr/share/gnome/help/totem/oc/figures
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo rm -r totem_next_button.png
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo rm -r spreadsheet.svg

After that I could install the packages, which I have done.  Everything
seems to be running normally now.

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package totem-common 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make 
backup symlink for 
`./usr/share/gnome/help/totem/oc/figures/totem_next_button.png': No such file 
or directory
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