Re: Bug#1535: GPL gone LGPL exist
Bill Mitchell writes ("Re: Bug#1535: GPL gone LGPL exist"):
> On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Erick Branderhorst writes ("Bug#1535: GPL gone LGPL exist"):
> >[...]
> > This is very interesting. The same thing has happened to my system.
> >
> > The file /usr/doc/copyright/GPL doesn't seem to be in any of the
> > packages on the src.doc.ic.ac.uk mirror of ftp.debian.org, and it
> > isn't mentioned in any of the /var/lib/dpkg/info/* files on my system.
> >
> > I conjecture that there was once a package that contained this file
> > (by mistake) and that the package maintainer removed it.
>
> I audited some old packages I have lying around, and found this file
> in dpkg-0.93.42-0 and dpkg-0.93.42.2-0.
It looks like you've found the culprit, then. My apologies for this
mistake.
I'm marking this bug as done (more recent versions of dpkg don't have
this problem).
Bruce Perens writes ("Re: Bug#1535: GPL gone, LGPL exists"):
> If you installed the base-0.93.6-6 package in pre-release/ over an
> existing system, it would overwrite a few conffiles. I am uploading a new
> one that doesn't have this problem, it will be base-0.93.6-7.deb .
OK, thanks.
> YOU MUST USE A CURRENT VERSION OF DPKG to install it. Older versions of
> dpkg would overwrite your passwd file when installing this package! As it
> is, you have to be careful to give the correct answers to not overwrite your
> current conffiles, and to not install /sbin/unconfigured.sh .
Have you considered putting a test for the dpkg version in your
preinst ?
> But it will upgrade your documentation files, including your GPL file, if you
> install it.
Excellent, thank you. I'll grab it when it becomes available.
Ian.
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