Bug#309008: another dir vs. symlink problem
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 12:19:26PM +0200, Florent Rougon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > tetex-base contains /usr/share/doc/texmf/doc as a symlink.
>
> I suppose you mean /usr/share/texmf/doc.
>
> > In woody the package ivritex contained this as a directory.
>
> This is a bug that was partially fixed in ivritex 1.0-3 and finally
> fixed in version 1.1.1-3, according to its changelog (unfortunately, it
> seems the proper place to put TeX documentation in wasn't well
> documented in woody's tetex packages).
In woody, tetex-base already contained this as a symlink, so surely it
was an RC issue all that time ago already?
> > This can cause problems on woody->sarge upgrades.
>
> Noted. I think adding a Conflicts: ivritex (<< 1.1.1-3) would solve the
> problem. Since users are supposed to dist-upgrade between major
> releases, it shouldn't cause any problem. What do you think?
That should do the trick, agreed.
Julian
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