Re: dpkg wants to remove /usr/local/lib !!!
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:09:18PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 07:04:11PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> > Just did a dist-upgrade and I saw this:
> >
> > Preparing to replace gs 5.10-7 (using .../archives/gs_5.10-8_i386.deb)
> > ...
> > Unpacking replacement gs ...
> > dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/local/lib': Directory
> > not empty
> >
> >
> > Why on Earth would it be messing with anything under /usr/local? Is a
> > bug report warranted?
>
> because the previous version violated policy by installing
> /usr/local/lib/ghostscript directories, the new version fixes that and
> was removing directories it improperly added.
>
> however I don't think its supposed to remove /usr/local/lib since that
> is created by base-files when the system is installed.
Well, perhaps there's an error. However, I have some empty dirs under
/usr/local/lib/ghostscript after the upgrade. Hmm.
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