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Re: report of tetex-bin 1.0.7+20011202-8



On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 04:41:14PM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I could upload tetex-bin as a non-native Debian package
> with luck.
> 
> First, I had failed to upload it because *.orig.tar.gz was not
> in Debian archive.  I should have built the package with 
> the option '-sa' perhaps.
> 
> So I manually put files with scp and it seemed to work fine.

You have to ensure that the .changes file contains information on this
file.  Do try running "dinstall -n" on the .changes file.

> During the process, I noticed a problem.
> 
> In prerm, isn't it better to surround
> 
> update-alternatives --remove xdvi.bin /usr/bin/xdvi.real
> update-alternatives --remove oxdvi.bin /usr/bin/oxdvi.real
> 
> with if-close, for example, like
> 
> if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]
> then
> update-alternatives --remove xdvi.bin /usr/bin/xdvi.real
> update-alternatives --remove oxdvi.bin /usr/bin/oxdvi.real
> fi
> 
> I usally set alternatives for xdvi.bin but lost it
> after upgrading.

Yes, that looks like a sensible improvement.

   Julian

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