Re: Piotrek's new preferred Python helper tool - (unfair) decision

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> writes:

> Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> (03/03/2009):
> > [Cyril Brulebois, 2009-03-03]
> > > Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> (02/03/2009):
> > > > [Ben Finney, 2009-03-02]
> > > > > Why does [removal of links created by ‘python-central’] not
> > > > > happen automatically when the package is upgraded from a
> > > > > version that uses python-central?
> > > 
> > > (I'm not sure whether -central is so buggy that it can't handle
> > > removal properly, but I guess it could be.)
> > 
> > see #479852 [<URL:http://bugs.debian.org/479852>]
> 
> OK. I guess it's the answer Ben was looking for.

Yes, that answers my question. For future reference: The above bug
report explains that ‘python-central’ causes packages to create
symlinks during ‘postinst’, but not remove them during ‘prerm’.

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