Re: file move between versions
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:38:06AM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> Suppose version 1 of the package had a file named /foo/A,
> and version 2 had changed the location to be /bar/A.
>
> Without doing anything special on the part of the developer, is it
> always true that upgrading the package version 1->2 will remove /foo/A
> before installing /bar/A?
>
> If so, has there ever been a bug (in dpkg/apt/whatever) that
> broke this?
>
> I ask because I have suddenly discovered /usr/bin/gvx (dated from
> march 2000) which is the old location for /usr/lib/geomview/gvx. I
> changed the location when I adopted the package last fall. I'm
> wondering if I now need to add a "rm -f /usr/bin/gvx" in the postinst.
Er, that would be bad. dpkg should have removed the old file when installing
the new package.
I guess it would be hard to file a bug unless you can reproduce it...
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