Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 06:43:10PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > If the directories were part of the deb and not generated in postinst, > just stopping to ship the directories should do the trick, as > afaik dpkg should solve the problem automatically. On upgrades it > should recognize that /usr/

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Pierre THIERRY
> both look sub-optimal to me, could anyone give me advice on this, > please? You could just use presint install/upgrade old-version to remove those directories, if they are empty... See policy 6.5 Quickly, le Moine Fou -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP 0xD9D50D8A pgp0.pgp Description: PGP sign

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:22:48PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > one of my packages (trickle) had a problem and used to create stupid > directories (/usr/share/man1 etc) (see #207258). this is due to a typo > in debian/rules (shame on me) > > i fixed this in a new version, but i don't know how to

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:22:48PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > one of my packages (trickle) had a problem and used to create stupid > directories (/usr/share/man1 etc) (see #207258). this is due to a typo > in debian/rules (shame on me) > i fixed this in a new version, but i don't know how to ha

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Robert Lemmen wrote: > one of my packages (trickle) had a problem and used to create stupid > directories (/usr/share/man1 etc) (see #207258). this is due to a typo > in debian/rules (shame on me) > > i fixed this in a new version, but i don't know how to handle the > existing

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 06:43:10PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > If the directories were part of the deb and not generated in postinst, > just stopping to ship the directories should do the trick, as > afaik dpkg should solve the problem automatically. On upgrades it > should recognize that /usr/

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:22:48PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > one of my packages (trickle) had a problem and used to create stupid > directories (/usr/share/man1 etc) (see #207258). this is due to a typo > in debian/rules (shame on me) > i fixed this in a new version, but i don't know how to ha

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 04:22:48PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > one of my packages (trickle) had a problem and used to create stupid > directories (/usr/share/man1 etc) (see #207258). this is due to a typo > in debian/rules (shame on me) > > i fixed this in a new version, but i don't know how to

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Pierre THIERRY
> both look sub-optimal to me, could anyone give me advice on this, > please? You could just use presint install/upgrade old-version to remove those directories, if they are empty... See policy 6.5 Quickly, le Moine Fou -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP 0xD9D50D8A pgp8PV6PEVaOH.pgp Description: PGP

Re: removing bogus directories in my package

2003-08-27 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Robert Lemmen wrote: > one of my packages (trickle) had a problem and used to create stupid > directories (/usr/share/man1 etc) (see #207258). this is due to a typo > in debian/rules (shame on me) > > i fixed this in a new version, but i don't know how to handle the > existing