Re: packages still setting /usr/doc link
On 15/08/05, Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> * Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> [2005-08-15 00:49]:
> > The following is a list by maintainer of the 497 packages that still
> > contain code in their postinst to create links in /usr/doc/. That's been
> > a bug since 2002, and most of these packages have probably not been
> > updated since then, since recompiling most of them with a current
> > debhelper will remove the link code.
> >
> > Please fix your packages. Filing bugs on nearly 500 packages is
> > something I'd prefer not to do, but it might come to that. We've been
> > working on this transition for 5 or 6 years now, and it's about time to
> > finish it.
> >
> > See bug #322762 for some more info.
>
> [...]
> > Bradley Alexander <storm@debian.org>
> > scandetd
>
> [...]
> I checked scandetd, it seems that it reffers to a very old
> version of the policy.. 3.1.1
> Don't know if in the paths in this policy and the FHS were
> different.
> But it seems that the scandetd as some other bugs (including
> an easy to fix FTBFS). Does someone know if Bradley Alexander
> <storm@debian.org> is active? Otherwise I will provide an
> NMU.
> Regards Nico
# 1625 days old (needed 10 days)
# Removal request by djpig
# Trying to remove package, not update it
(From packages.qa.debian.org)
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