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Re: Directories left on upgrade, files not removed on upgrade?



> Preparing to replace docbook-xsl-doc-html 1.73.2.dfsg.1-5 (using docbook-xsl-doc-html_1.74.2-1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement docbook-xsl-doc-html ...
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/slides': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/lib': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/utility': Directory not empty
> [..]
> 
> and everything in /usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/ is left. I (always)
> thought, the upgrade process includes to remove the old package (its
> directories and files)? Isn't it? So why does this fail? I tried to find
> some more information about the upgrade process, but I just found a few
> notes in dpkg(1) and of course section 6 of the policy.

IIRC this usually means that the directories contain files which are not
installed/controlled by dpkg. So, did you change files manually in those
directories?

Paul

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