Bug#264606: Bug#265169: xemacs21: Cannot open load file: /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.15/lisp/auto-autoloads
ucko@debian.org (Aaron M. Ucko) writes:
> I have xemacs21-support installed, but etc and lisp are empty
> directories on my system; AFAICT, you need to enforce the transition
> in a maintainer script. (See dpkg Bug#264606, which dpkg's
> maintainers seem to view as a feature....)
Ah, yes, see Policy 6.5.4, last paragraph:
A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic link to a
directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or
not) will be left alone and `dpkg' will follow the symlink if
there is one.
I'm still not entirely convinced that this is the Right Thing in the
(empty) directory -> symlink direction, but whatever...
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
Finger amu@monk.mit.edu (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info.
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