Odd package install behaviour
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I'm testing out the install of my perl packages on a few test machines.
One interesting point came up. The fake, unversioned packages are
essentially empty, consisting of a symlink to the versioned package's
doc directory:
{2}[2]/web/ftp.public/pub/debian/experimental perv:-) dpkg-deb --contents perl_5.004.05-0.8_all.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/doc/
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/doc/perl -> perl-5.004
{2}[0]/web/ftp.public/pub/debian/experimental perv:-) dpkg-deb --contents perl-suid_5.004.05-0.8_all.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/doc/
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/doc/perl-suid -> perl-5.004-suid
{2}[0]/web/ftp.public/pub/debian/experimental perv:-) dpkg-deb --contents perl-debug_5.004.05-0.8_all.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/doc/
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 1999-06-22 09:33 usr/doc/perl-debug -> perl-5.004-debug
But when they're installed onto my test system, only perl-suid has a symlink:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 22 19:19 perl/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 11 1998 perl-debug/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun 22 23:56 perl-suid -> perl-5.004-suid/
I'm somewhat at a loss to explain this. The only thing that I can think
of that happened would be if somehow, the /usr/doc/* directories weren't
removed by time the symlink was done. Except, that would leave a
symlink in the directory and they're empty:
{2}[0]/usr/doc kitchen:-) ls -R perl perl-debug
perl:
perl-debug:
And yes, the versions that I think should be installed are:
ii perl 5.004.05-0.8 Fake package used for a smooth upgrade
ii perl-suid 5.004.05-0.8 Fake package used for a smooth upgrade
ii perl-debug 5.004.05-0.8 Fake package used for a smooth upgrade
Seeking clues...
Darren
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