Bug#24177: marked as done (timezones -> timezone)
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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:36:18 +0200 (CEST)
From: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>
To: Debian Bugs <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: timezones -> timezone
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Package: timezones
Version: 2.0.7pre1=AD4
Severity: wishlist
timezones.postinst says:
if [ -f /var/lib/dpkg/info/timezone.postrm ]; then
rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/timezone.postrm
echo '#! /bin/sh' >>/var/lib/dpkg/info/timezone.postrm
echo 'set -e' >>/var/lib/dpkg/info/timezone.postrm
chmod +x /var/lib/dpkg/info/timezone.postrm
fi
This is an ugly and dirty hack. The dpkg files at /var/lib/dpkg/info/*
should not be handled directly.
I once had to do this myself, in smartlist.postrm, to fix a buggy
postrm, but because there was no *other* solution.
In this case there is a very simple solution, which is not changing the
package name and keeping it as it was, "timezone", and using an epoch
for the version number.
You have said several times you don't want to do this, and I understand
that you do not want, because this is a complex package, and
changing the name back will take time and effort.
Everything I ask you is to keep this bug open so that if someone decides
to do the required changes and send you a patch, you will be able to
accept it.
Moreover, if we keep the old name untouched and use an epoch for it, then
there will be at least one package not having the ugly name "2.0.7rel"
which you will surely need for the final 2.0.7 release. It could be simply
"2.0.7".
Thanks.
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