Bug#996959: Revert (or document) 9d3ec0f5 (prerm fallback version test)

2021-10-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Guillem Jover writes ("Re: Bug#996959: Revert (or document) 9d3ec0f5 (prerm fallback version test)"): > No, I've just reverted this locally and will be included in the next > upload. Thanks for the digging and analysis. Cool, thanks, you're welcome. -- Ian Jackson

Bug#996959: Revert (or document) 9d3ec0f5 (prerm fallback version test)

2021-10-21 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Thu, 2021-10-21 at 13:42:58 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.16.1 > Control: found -1 1.20.9 > I looked at Policy to double-check my recollection: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#details-of-unpack-phase-of-installation-or-upgra

Bug#996959: Revert (or document) 9d3ec0f5 (prerm fallback version test)

2021-10-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.1 Control: found -1 1.20.9 Recently, #996949 came to my attention. In summary, due to a combination of other bugs, bad .debs can be produced. These .debs have broken maintainer scripts - notably, broken prerms. The submitter there writes: | The only way to fix the in