Hi, I have a question. Let's say I have a package performing a dir_to_symlink conversion from version 2.0, so I specify "prior-version" as 2.0~. Now let's say that I backport version 3 to Wheezy, whose version of dpkg-maintscript-helper doesn't support dir_to_symlink, so I remove the call to dpkg-mainscript-helper. So now my Wheezy has version 3.0~bpo7+1 of the package, and the directory is still a directory and not a symbolic link. That's okay. Now, let's say I upgrade this system to Jessie. Since the package will be upgraded from 3.0~bpo7+1 to 3.0, and the call to dpkg-maintscript-helper specifies 2.0~ as the prior-version, what will happen ? I guess the conversion won't be performed, but what happens after that ? I fear the directory would be left in a inconsistent state. Is there a method to make this package upgrade cleanly ? I guess, don't specify a prior-version at all ? But in that case, the conversion would be tried on every upgrade, which is discouraged by the manual page. Any advice about this ? Thanks. Regards, -- Raphaël Halimi
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