Bug#170592: tetex-base: improperly handling /usr/share/texmf/doc symlink

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@polya.uklinux.net>]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:55:52PM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> > You know, having now looked at tetex-extra.preinst, I recommend that
> > you just remove the whole preinst entirely; it serves no useful
> > purpose as far as I can tell, and can happily damage the other
> > packages.
> 
> Okay.  Few questions for confirmation.
> 
> 'preinst' and 'tetex-extra.preinst' are generated from
> tetex-preinst.m4 by rules.  You mean I just remove both
> 'preinst' and 'tetex-extra.preinst'?

Yes.

> And tetex-bin also contains similar preinst.  How about it ?
> It also should be removed?

Yes.

I don't believe that they serve any useful purpose any longer.

   Julian

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