Bug#1014612: docbook-xml and docbook-xsl failed to update their catalogs in /etc/xml when interrupted

To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>, 1014612@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#1014612: docbook-xml and docbook-xsl failed to update their catalogs in /etc/xml when interrupted
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:29:13 +0200
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[Petter Reinholdtsen]
> I had a look at the preinst and postinst scripts of docbook-xsl, and as
> far as I can tell, all the code there is obsolete and only triggering
> when upgrading from very old (before 2009) versions of the package, and
> do not touch the content  of /etc/xml/ at all.

I removed the preinst and postinst scripts in version 1.79.2+dfsg-4.  I
also had a look at the preinst in docbook-xml, and as far as I can see
it do not touch the content of /etc/xml/ at all, so I have no idea what
went wrong here.

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

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