Bug#338363: tetex-base: dpkg unable to delete old files

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:

> Package: tetex-base
> Version: 3.0-10
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Seen upon upgrade:
>
> Selecting previously deselected package tetex-base.
> Unpacking tetex-base (from .../tetex-base_3.0-10_all.deb) ...
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/cache/fonts/source': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/cache/fonts/tfm': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/cache/fonts/pk': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/var/lib/texmf/dvips': Directory not empty

Where's the bug?  Why should we delete generated files during an upgrade?

> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/etc/texmf/etex': Directory not empty

Can you tell us what is in this directory?

> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/etc/texmf/pdftex': Directory not empty

Ah, we should move the file in there to a better place.

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer