On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 07:33:09PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > uwe@steinmann.cx (Uwe Steinmann) schrieb: > > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 06:15:59PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > >> uwe@steinmann.cx (Uwe Steinmann) schrieb: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm not sure if what I experience today when most of my tetex was updated > >> > is related to the bug below, but it appears to be. > >> > > >> > I used to have a soft link /usr/local pointing to /software/local. > >> > Basically for historical reasons. > >> > After updating tetex from sid today this link disappeared and a > >> > directory /usr/local/share/texmf had been created with an ls-R file > >> > in it. > >> > >> Im an not completely sure, but I think the reason is the bug that was > >> fixed by yesterday's upload. The problem is that in 2.0.2c-4, we > >> included /usr/local/share/texmf in the deb, which is against > >> policy. When this version was installed, dpkg created that directory > >> (which was in fact /software/local/share/texmf). Do you know whether you > >> had this directory? > > Yes, that directory is still there > > This is strange - dpkg should not have deleted the parent "directory" > /usr/local, if /usr/local/share/texmf, actually > /software/local/share/texmf, is still there. And it should have deleted > the ls-R file in -4's preinst. Unfortunately, I'm not able to reproduce it exactly, but at least todays update to -6 didn't cause any problems anymore. Uwe -- MMK GmbH, Universitaetsstr. 11, 58097 Hagen Uwe.Steinmann@mmk-hagen.de Tel: +2331 840446 Fax: +2331 843920
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