Bug#2828: have to install xosview twice to work

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Stephen Early writes ("Re: Bug#2828: have to install xosview twice to work"):
...
> Maybe something like this happens when upgrading from -2 to -3:
>
> dpkg installs the new binary, /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview
> dpkg removes the old binary, because it isn't in the new package. The old
> binary is /usr/bin/X11/xosview
>
> When it does this it's actually removing /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview, because
> /usr/bin/X11 is a symlink.
>
> Am I right about the order in which dpkg does things, and it following
> symlinks?

Yes, this is exactly what is happening.

Aargh !  Thought required ...

Ian.