Debian bug report logs - #577
fvwm postrm failure if copyright file missing
Package: fvwm; Reported by: chris@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Christian Linhart); 106 days old.
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Subject: Re: Bug#577: fvwm postrm failure if copyright file missing
Without reference to dpkg design principles, please note that:
> > cd /usr/doc/copyright
> > if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
would be better expressed as
rm -f /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm
Raul
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Without reference to dpkg design principles, please note that:
> > cd /usr/doc/copyright
> > if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
would be better expressed as
rm -f /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm
Raul
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Subject: Re: Bug#577: fvwm postrm failure if copyright file missing
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> Christian Linhart wrote [edited - iwj]:
> > Here is the current postrm:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cd /usr/doc/copyright
> > rm fvwm
> >
> > Here is a suggested fix:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cd /usr/doc/copyright
> > if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
>
> Why is this code here ? Should /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm not be
> installed and removed by dpkg as an ordinary file (or symlink,
> perhaps) in the package's filesystem archive ?
I believe the symlink is supposed to be created by one of the *inst
scripts. The package should probably be changed so dpkg handles the
symlink directly.
David
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> Christian Linhart wrote [edited - iwj]:
> > Here is the current postrm:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cd /usr/doc/copyright
> > rm fvwm
> >
> > Here is a suggested fix:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cd /usr/doc/copyright
> > if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
>
> Why is this code here ? Should /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm not be
> installed and removed by dpkg as an ordinary file (or symlink,
> perhaps) in the package's filesystem archive ?
I believe the symlink is supposed to be created by one of the *inst
scripts. The package should probably be changed so dpkg handles the
symlink directly.
David
--
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Subject: Re: Bug#577: fvwm postrm failure if copyright file missing
Christian Linhart wrote [edited - iwj]:
> Here is the current postrm:
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /usr/doc/copyright
> rm fvwm
>
> Here is a suggested fix:
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /usr/doc/copyright
> if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
Why is this code here ? Should /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm not be
installed and removed by dpkg as an ordinary file (or symlink,
perhaps) in the package's filesystem archive ?
Ian.
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Christian Linhart wrote [edited - iwj]:
> Here is the current postrm:
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /usr/doc/copyright
> rm fvwm
>
> Here is a suggested fix:
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /usr/doc/copyright
> if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
Why is this code here ? Should /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm not be
installed and removed by dpkg as an ordinary file (or symlink,
perhaps) in the package's filesystem archive ?
Ian.
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Subject: fvwm postrm failure if copyright file missing
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Removing fvwm doesn't work if for some reason /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm
doesn't exist.
Here is the current postrm:
--------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/doc/copyright
rm fvwm
--------------------------------------------------------------
Here is a suggested fix:
--------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/doc/copyright
if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
--------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks,
Chris
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Removing fvwm doesn't work if for some reason /usr/doc/copyright/fvwm
doesn't exist.
Here is the current postrm:
--------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/doc/copyright
rm fvwm
--------------------------------------------------------------
Here is a suggested fix:
--------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/doc/copyright
if [ -f fvwm ] ; then rm fvwm ; fi
--------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks,
Chris
Ian Jackson /
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