Bug#284969: debian-policy: [PROPOSED] stop letting font packages that move stuff around screw people over
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Rationale: Font packages that stop shipping a font file, or which move a
font file from one location to another, need to run update-fonts-dir in
their postrm scripts on upgrade, so that a fonts.dir file with stale
references to the (re)moved file(s) is not left in an existing directory.
If you don't do this, the result is Bug#252895.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252895
I am seeking seconds for this proposal.
diff -durN debian-policy-3.6.1.1~/policy.sgml debian-policy-3.6.1.1/policy.sgml
--- debian-policy-3.6.1.1~/policy.sgml 2004-06-25 16:11:36.000000000 -0500
+++ debian-policy-3.6.1.1/policy.sgml 2004-12-09 15:43:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -7899,6 +7899,11 @@
occur in both the <prgn>postinst</prgn> (for all
arguments) and <prgn>postrm</prgn> (for all
arguments except <tt>upgrade</tt>) scripts.
+ Exception: if the font package stops unpacking font files
+ or moves font files from one directory to another across
+ an upgrade, <prgn>update-fonts-dir</prgn> must be invoked
+ in the <prgn>postrm</prgn> script if the <tt>upgrade</tt>
+ argument is specified.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-powerpc-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
-- no debconf information
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