Bug#986165: libcupsimage2: Upgrade fails with `m: cannot remove '/usr/share/doc/libcupsimage2': Directory not empty`
Package: libcupsimage2
Version: 2.2.10-6+deb10u4
Severity: normal
Dear Debian folks,
In a Debian 10 (buster) Docker container upgrading the package
*libcupsimage2* fails with the error below.
```
# apt full-upgrade
[…]
Preparing to unpack .../066-libcupsimage2_2.2.10-6+deb10u4_amd64.deb ...
rm: cannot remove '/usr/share/doc/libcupsimage2': Directory not empty
dpkg: error processing archive
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-XQ7mPL/066-libcupsimage2_2.2.10-6+deb10u4_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
new libcupsimage2:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess
returned error exit status 1
Preparing to unpack .../067-libavahi-common-data_0.7-4+deb10u1_amd64.deb ...
[…]
# ls /usr/share/doc/libcupsimage2
changelog.Debian.gz changelog.gz copyright
```
I found one forum post from 2015 with the same error on Linux Mint
upgrading *libcupsimage2:amd64* from 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.5 to
1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6. [1]
System information:
```
# more /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/";
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support";
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/";
# dpkg -l libcupsimage2
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===================-================-============-======================================================
ii libcupsimage2:amd64 2.2.10-6+deb10u2 amd64 Common UNIX
Printing System(tm) - Raster image library
# apt-cache policy libcupsimage2
libcupsimage2:
Installed: 2.2.10-6+deb10u2
Candidate: 2.2.10-6+deb10u4
Version table:
2.2.10-6+deb10u4 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
*** 2.2.10-6+deb10u2 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
```
Kind regards,
Paul
[1]: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=201930
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