Bug#221215: Bug#239061: Segfault when setting up glibc-doc

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:47:00 +0200,
Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> >>>   (3) This problem is occured when your dpkg is old (woody) and you
> >>>       want to install sarge's glibc-doc.  I wonder we need to support
> >>>       such situation.
> 
> >> I think we should. People mixing stable and testing/unstable, or more
> >> simply doing stage-wise upgrades is relatively common. We should give
> >> them the hint that dpkg should be upgraded first.
> 
> > Did you confirm this bug?
> 
> I encountered it with glibc-doc, upgraded dpkg to fix it and continued
> my upgrade. So, I didn't see if it hits other packages.

There're two bug reports separately, so I guess dpkg + glibc-doc made
breakage in the past.

> > At least the current upgrade does not induce this problem, I think
> > we don't need depends or conflicts.
> 
> If the woody -> sarge transition is OK, then the need for it is
> greatly reduced.

I believe so.

I wonder why dpkg broke glibc-doc installation at that time.  If no
one object, I'll close this bug instead of adding depends/conflicts.

Please report if you have trouble with another woody->sarge upgrade.

Regards,
-- gotom