On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 12:05:39PM +0200, Kristoffer.Rose@ens-lyon.fr wrote:
> Dear Joseph Carter,
>
> I'm sorry to shout but please read what I write.
>
> > All right dammit, here we go... built a package crap 1.0-1, here is the
> > listing:
> >...
> > /usr/lib/crap/olddir
> >...
> > Do you believe us yet? What more proof do you possibly need?
>
> I am happy to tell you that we agree completely on the behaviour of dpkg on
> your example. But you are ignoring a very important aspect of my proposal:
> THIS ONLY HAPPENS FOR DIRECTORIES INTERNAL TO PACKAGES. It happens because
> olddir is actually REMOVED by the deinstallation.
>
> For directories that are not removed there is NO PROBLEM. Fortunately
> /usr/doc is not removed unless everything is removed. This is a crucial
> property of the proposal. Now back to the regular (constructive)
> discussion...our goal is to find a solution, after all :)
But you see, the file was removed from NEWDIR too! Totally gone.
Deleted. if it were not deleted, olddir would not have been deleted
(non-empty)... The dpkg bug STILL applies and I can demonstrate that too
if you like.
> What other problems could there be with my proposal.
Just dpkg. If someone fixes the damned package manager we can just move
the damned /usr/doc directory and replace it with a damned symlink that
could be pointing to another damned filesystem for all anyone cares right
now because the damned package manager would check the damned real paths
before I does a damned thing.. (waits for someone to catch the blatant
reference contained in this paragraph ...)
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