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Re: Bug#939770: wireshark: Wrong path in pre-install notification



Balint Reczey wrote:
>> I suggest to change path in the question and make it clear that the
>> file will only exist after the package is installed – even though a
>> text mentioning it might be shown before installation is completed.

Thanks for taking the trouble to deal with this!  The patch would work
as it is, but I've thought of another complication: I might be reading
this template when no package installation is occurring.  For a start,
I might give an answer, wait for wireshark to be installed, read the
README file, and then decide to run "dpkg-reconfigure wireshark" to
get the same prompt again and give a different answer...

So instead of saying "after the package installation is finished" you
might change it to something like:

  For more detailed information please see
- /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.
+ /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.gz once the package is
+ installed.

-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- debian_templates.txt.old	2019-09-08 22:33:54.100118962 +0100
+++ debian_templates.txt	2019-09-08 22:37:02.834579867 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
  less of the code will run with elevated privileges.
  .
  For more detailed information please see
- /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.
+ /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.gz once the package is
+ installed.
  .
  Enabling this feature may be a security risk, so it is disabled by
  default. If in doubt, it is suggested to leave it disabled.

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