Re: [etch] RC bug in tetex-base will break upgrade to lenny

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Luk Claes <luk@debian.org> wrote:

> Yes, this would be considered, please upload to proposed-updates.

I wrote "stable" as release, according to the developer's reference this
should end up in proposed-updates.  You'll do that yourself, but  here's
the source debdiff for convenience.  The change in debian/rules is
autogenerated by the clean target and completely irrelevant.

TIA, Frank

diff -u tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/postrm.in tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/postrm.in
--- tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/postrm.in
+++ tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/postrm.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 # 
 # postrm maintainer script for the Debian tetex-base package.
-# $Id: postrm.in 2087 2006-12-19 12:42:02Z frank $
+# $Id: postrm.in 2878 2007-05-22 15:40:13Z frank $
 #
 # don't try to understand this generated script as installed with the package.
 # instead, look at the source files in the source package
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@
 BASE_UCF_FILES="/etc/texdoctk/texdocrc"
 DPKG_EXT="<:=$PURGE_EXTENSIONS:>"
 
-UNUSED_CONFFILES="<:=$UNUSED_CONFFILES_BASE:>"
 PREINST_MOVE_EXT=<:=$PREINST_MOVE_EXT:>
-FORMER_UCF="<:=$BASE_UCF:>"
 
-UNUSED_CONFDIRS="<:=$UNUSED_CONFDIRS_BASE:>"
 
 ## Variables needed for upgrading
 generated="download35.map builtin35.map psfonts_t1.map psfonts_pk.map \
@@ -70,13 +67,6 @@
     for oldconffile in /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10tetex-base.cfg /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi; do
       remove_with_backups $oldconffile
     done
-    for oldconffile in $UNUSED_CONFFILES $FORMER_UCF; do
-      newname=`get_newfilename $oldconffile`
-      remove_with_backups /etc/texmf/$newname
-    done
-    for oldconfdir in $UNUSED_CONFDIRS; do
-      rmdir /etc/texmf/$oldconfdir 2>/dev/null || true
-    done
     
     ucf_purge $BASE_UCF_FILES
     ;;
diff -u tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/rules tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/rules
--- tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/rules
+++ tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 #
 # do not edit this file, instead edit rules.in!
-# $Id: rules.in 2034 2006-12-11 07:19:37Z frank $
+# $Id: rules 2087 2006-12-19 12:42:02Z frank $
 
 # The debian/rules(.in) file was nearly completely rewritten by
 # Frank Küster frank@debian.org in 2004, with patches by
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 	done
 
 	# needs devscripts in etch or from backports.org
-	debchange --distribution sarge-backports -b --newversion 3.0.dfsg.3-5~bpo.1 "Recompiled for sarge."
+	debchange --distribution sarge-backports -b --newversion 3.0.dfsg.3-4~1~bpo.1 "Recompiled for sarge."
 	debchange --append "No source changes."
 
 	# need to remake rules
diff -u tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/changelog tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/changelog
--- tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/changelog
+++ tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+tetex-base (3.0.dfsg.3-5etch1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * The postrm script does no longer remove lots of supposedly obsolete
+    files upon purge.  These files are now again needed for texlive
+    (closes: #420390)
+  * Upload to stable-proposed-updates
+
+ -- Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>  Tue, 22 May 2007 17:40:52 +0200
+
 tetex-base (3.0.dfsg.3-5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix a syntax error in the code that removes the obsolete conffile of


-- 
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)