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Bug#437411: unable to delete old directory solution = ?



reassign 437411 xfonts-utils
retitle 437411 old fonts.{alias,dir,scale} files not cleaned up
kthxbye

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 18:33:25 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:

> One sees:
> Unpacking replacement xfonts-encodings ...
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11': Directory not empty
> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/X11R6/lib': Directory not empty
> 
> That message should mention what one should do to properly remedy the
> solution, and if it is the user's fault or not.

It can't, because that message is generated by dpkg.  It has no
consequence, so while the leftover files in this case are probably a
bug, it's not one that has any consequence AFAIK.

> Also have a README file in /usr/share/doc/xfonts-encodings/ perhaps.
> 
No.

> $ find /usr/X11R6/lib -type f|sed s@/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/@@
> misc/fonts.alias
> Speedo/fonts.dir
> Speedo/XftCache
> Speedo/encodings.dir
> Speedo/fonts.scale
> Type1/fonts.alias
> Type1/XftCache
> 100dpi/fonts.alias
> 100dpi/fonts.dir
> 75dpi/fonts.alias
> 75dpi/fonts.dir
> TrueType/larabie-deco/fonts.dir
> TrueType/larabie-deco/encodings.dir
> TrueType/larabie-deco/fonts.scale
> TrueType/larabie-uncommon/fonts.dir
> TrueType/larabie-uncommon/encodings.dir
> TrueType/larabie-uncommon/fonts.scale
> TrueType/fonts.dir
> TrueType/larabie-straight/fonts.dir
> TrueType/larabie-straight/encodings.dir
> TrueType/larabie-straight/fonts.scale
> TrueType/encodings.dir
> TrueType/fonts.scale
> 
Something should clean up those files, but I'm not sure what.
You can just rm -r /usr/X11R6/lib.

Cheers,
Julien

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