Bug#207874: libkpathsea3: cannot upgrade when /usr/doc symlink to /usr/share/doc
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> From: Tim Connors <tconnors@astro.swin.edu.au>
> Subject: Bug#207874: libkpathsea3: cannot upgrade when /usr/doc symlink to /usr/share/doc
> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:09:27 +1000 (EST)
>
> > So presumably one would want to '|| true' with the rm -f? A quick test
> > demonstrates this to work with 'sh -e' (and the bash manpage, under set,
> > says this works)
> >
> > > so, what to do? rm -rf /usr/doc/tetex-lib? It's obsolete anyway.
> >
> > It may be obsolete for current unstable systems, but what if you were to
> > upgrade from an old stable - you would still need to get rid of any
> > /usr/doc/tetex-lib then, wouldn't you?
>
> So "rm -rf /usr/doc/tetex-lib" would be a good solution?
no I think "rm -rf /usr/doc/tetex-lib || true" would be better - it would
close my bug at least, and I don't think it would open up any more
(famous last words)
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