Re: persistence of /usr/doc/$pkg (Was: debhelper: /usr/doc problems again)

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>   if /usr/doc exists, and /usr/share/doc/$pkg/ dir also exists (if
>      it does not, we can't create a symlink)
>      if /usr/doc/$pkg/ still exists (yikes), 
>        remove any .dhelp files, and see of that solves it

I dislike this bit because evey instance I've seen of their being a .dhelp
file left was a bug in the package.

>      Ask the user of one should move the old files to the new location
>         if yes, copy files over, with backup, remove old dir
>         else abort with an error

I dislike this bit because it involves prompting.

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