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Subject: Bug#913: downgrading doc-*.5 to doc-*.3 doesn't de-install doc-*.5
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Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 19:14:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>
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PACKAGE: dpkg
VERSION: 0.93
PACKAGE_REVISION: 42
This looks like a dpkg problem, even though I can't duplicate
it with test packages I've constructed. I looked at the scripts
for the doc.* packages, and don't see anything suspicious there.
When I install the .5 package, then install the .3 package, the
files from the .5 package are left in place.
Here's a log with dpkg -D:
Script started on Thu May 25 10:42:39 1995
root:093r5# dpkg --list | grep ii.doc
ii doc 0.93 5 Linux FAQ, HOWTOs, and miscellaneous documentat
root:093r5# dpkg --field misc/doc.deb package version package_revision
PACKAGE: doc
VERSION: 0.93
PACKAGE_REVISION: 3
root:093r5# ls -F /usr/doc
FAQ/ dvips/ net/
HOWTO/ elm/ oleo/
MISC/ elvis/ parser.doc
README examples/ parserclass.doc
auctex/ gdb-4.12-hwdbg.README pine/
ax25util/ groff/ procmail/
bison/ ham-radio/ sendmail/
bison-parsers/ kermit/ smail-admin-guide/
copyright/ latex/ tex/
corkpaper.tex lilo/ xbaseR6/
cvs/ man/ xconfig@
debian-0.93/ ncurses-developer/ xservers
root:093r5# dpkg --install -D misc/doc.deb
D: arguments parsed
D: reading database file /var/lib/dpkg/status
D: database file /var/lib/dpkg/status read
D: reading database file /var/lib/dpkg/available
D: database file /var/lib/dpkg/available read
D: important database prepared
D: databases read
D: action: install; arglist ./misc/doc.deb
D: &do_install(./misc/doc.deb)
D: extract control dpkg-deb --control ./misc/doc.deb /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci
Preparing to replace doc ...
D: running old pre-removal script = /var/lib/dpkg/info/doc.prerm upgrade 0.93-3
D: running old post-removal script = /var/lib/dpkg/info/doc.postrm upgrade 0.93-3
D: forking now
D: script done
Unpacking ./misc/doc.deb, containing doc ...
D: running pre-installation script = /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst upgrade -
D: amended doc
D: called write_database_file /var/lib/dpkg/updates/000, important=1, for doc
D: important database prepared
D: &middle_install()
D: &deferred_install(doc) (1: 0)
D: checking dependencies of doc (- )
D: ok 2 msgs >><<
Setting up doc ...
D: conffiles updating ><
D: running post-installation script = /var/lib/dpkg/info/doc.postinst configure
D: forking now
D: script done
D: amended doc
D: called write_database_file /var/lib/dpkg/updates/001, important=1, for doc
D: important database prepared
D: important database released
D: called write_database_file /var/lib/dpkg/available, important=0, for xdviR5 xdviR6 ncurses emacs xpm_compR5 xpm_compR6 xlinkkit xp9000 xr6shlib doc dvilj diff e2fsprogs make ps2ascii latex ifrench ghostview git w3-el rcs texbin xconfig kbd librl tcpdum
p m4 emacs-el shellutils emacs-nox ax25-util pico lynx dlltools lpr xdevelR6 tcsh textfm bind xfntscl fortune tar gnuplot ispell auctex binutils mfbin findutils xw32 mh xdvi screen idanish python fcc-docs image mfaddfnt xwpe xdemoR6 gs_both dpkg bin86 ema
cs-x pmake xmono netstd trn ncurses-runtime ncurses-developer xmach32 textutils libc sudo man sed miscutils ltxpckg bibtex autoconf hostname xboard wenglish tcl igerman httpd lout dvips xcomp texlib mfxno elv-doc xpm_develR5 xpm_develR6 sendmail dialog so
urce psutils term pdksh mailx texinfo gsfonts libident cvs ftape xfnt100 xfntbig groff ljfonts wu-ftpd ghostviewR5 bison-parsers svgalib ghostviewR6 mflib manpages shar oleo gs_x tex at glibcdoc uuencode xbaseR5 xmach64 xbaseR6 elv-fmt statserial bash bya
cc dvitty bc gs_svga kermit fdflush time rc includes bison gas acct xvga16 gcc1 gxditviewR5 gxditviewR6 fvwmR5 fvwmR6 a2gs xcompR6 ircii cron perl symlinks jgraph xbascfg metafont gnuchess inn dc xcoral minicom xfnt75 info gcc mh-papers xfig ppp texidoc m
fbasfnt tgifR5 tgifR6 mount xpm biff tclX xpmR5 xpmR6 tk cvsdoc makeidx apkg samba xxgdbR5 xxgdbR6 myax25 adduser ed gawk ee ax25-kernel-source apkg-apk gdb grep xr5shlib c2man xbase es dpkg-sw xs3 mpeg_play chfn cdtool syslogd xdevel inewsinn timezone nv
i flex ps2pk fileutils ldso pcb mt-st unzip modules gxditview mfxyes mtools joe ax25util sharutils file jargon indent xsvga metamail x8514 bsdutils pine setserial seyon elv-vi electric-fence gs mkisofs beav strace elv-ctags workbone sysvinit patch acm lib
g++ smail xfntbas less acs xagx ical j1 netbase lrzsz xmach8 cpio vim tput xv lilo xaxe pixmapR5 pixmapR6 procps procmail gzip hdparm snmp elm
D: called write_database_file /var/lib/dpkg/status, important=0, for xdviR5 xdviR6 ncurses emacs xpm_compR5 xpm_compR6 xlinkkit xp9000 xr6shlib doc dvilj diff e2fsprogs make ps2ascii latex ifrench ghostview git w3-el rcs texbin xconfig kbd librl tcpdump m
4 emacs-el shellutils emacs-nox ax25-util pico lynx dlltools lpr xdevelR6 tcsh textfm bind xfntscl fortune tar gnuplot ispell auctex binutils mfbin findutils xw32 mh xdvi screen idanish python fcc-docs image mfaddfnt xwpe xdemoR6 gs_both dpkg bin86 emacs-
x pmake xmono netstd trn ncurses-runtime ncurses-developer xmach32 textutils libc sudo man sed miscutils ltxpckg bibtex autoconf hostname xboard wenglish tcl igerman httpd lout dvips xcomp texlib mfxno elv-doc xpm_develR5 xpm_develR6 sendmail dialog sourc
e psutils term pdksh mailx texinfo gsfonts libident cvs ftape xfnt100 xfntbig groff test ljfonts wu-ftpd ghostviewR5 bison-parsers svgalib ghostviewR6 mflib manpages shar oleo gs_x tex at glibcdoc uuencode xbaseR5 xmach64 xbaseR6 elv-fmt statserial bash b
yacc dvitty bc gs_svga kermit fdflush time rc includes bison gas acct xvga16 gcc1 gxditviewR5 gxditviewR6 fvwmR5 fvwmR6 a2gs xcompR6 ircii cron perl symlinks jgraph xbascfg metafont gnuchess inn dc xcoral minicom xfnt75 info gcc mh-papers xfig ppp texidoc
mfbasfnt tgifR5 tgifR6 mount xpm biff tclX xpmR5 xpmR6 tk cvsdoc makeidx apkg samba xxgdbR5 xxgdbR6 myax25 adduser ed gawk ee ax25-kernel-source apkg-apk gdb grep xr5shlib c2man xbase es dpkg-sw xs3 mpeg_play chfn cdtool syslogd xdevel inewsinn timezone
nvi flex ps2pk fileutils ldso pcb mt-st unzip modules gxditview mfxyes mtools joe ax25util sharutils file jargon indent xsvga metamail x8514 bsdutils pine setserial seyon elv-vi electric-fence gs mkisofs beav strace elv-ctags workbone sysvinit patch acm l
ibg++ smail xfntbas less acs xagx ical j1 netbase lrzsz xmach8 cpio vim tput xv lilo xaxe pixmapR5 pixmapR6 procps procmail gzip hdparm snmp elm
root:093r5# ls -F /usr/doc
Anon-FTP-Setup.gz Mail-HOWTO.gz bison/
BUPS-HOWTO.gz NET-2-HOWTO.gz bison-parsers/
Backspace.gz NIS-HOWTO.gz copyright/
BogoMips.gz News-HOWTO.gz corkpaper.tex
Bootdisk-HOWTO.gz PCI-HOWTO.gz cvs/
Busmouse-HOWTO.gz PPP-HOWTO.gz debian-0.93/
CDROM-HOWTO.gz Power-Supply.gz dvips/
Colour-ls.gz Printing-HOWTO.gz elm/
Commercial-HOWTO.gz README elvis/
DOSEMU-HOWTO.gz Reading-List.gz examples/
Distribution-HOWTO.gz SCSI-HOWTO.gz gdb-4.12-hwdbg.README
Ethernet-HOWTO.gz Serial-HOWTO.gz groff/
FAQ/ Sound-HOWTO.gz ham-radio/
Ftape-HOWTO.gz Stacker.gz kermit/
GCC-FAQ.gz Swap-Space.gz latex/
German-HOWTO.gz Term-HOWTO.gz lilo/
Getty-ps.gz Tips-HOWTO.gz linux-faq.ascii.gz
HAM-HOWTO.gz UPS-HOWTO.gz man/
HOWTO/ UUCP-HOWTO.gz ncurses-developer/
HOWTO-INDEX.gz Unix-FAQ.1.gz net/
Hardware-HOWTO.gz Unix-FAQ.2.gz oleo/
INFO-SHEET.gz Unix-FAQ.3.gz parser.doc
IO-Port.gz Unix-FAQ.4.gz parserclass.doc
ISO_8859-1.FAQ.gz Unix-FAQ.5.gz pine/
Installation-HOWTO.gz Unix-FAQ.6.gz procmail/
JE-HOWTO.gz Unix-FAQ.7.gz sendmail/
Kernel-HOWTO.gz Unix-FAQ.toc.gz smail-admin-guide/
Keystroke-HOWTO.gz Unix-shell.gz tex/
Large-IDE.gz Vbell.gz xbaseR6/
META-FAQ.gz WRITING.gz xconfig@
MGR-HOWTO.gz auctex/ xservers
MISC/ ax25util/
root:093r5# ls /usr/doc/MISC
Anon-FTP-Setup.gz Large-IDE.gz WRITING.gz
Backspace.gz Power-Supply.gz bug-reporting.txt
BogoMips.gz Reading-List.gz gdb-4.12-hwdbg.README
Colour-ls.gz Stacker.gz parser.doc
Getty-ps.gz Swap-Space.gz parserclass.doc
INFO-SHEET.gz Unix-shell.gz
IO-Port.gz Vbell.gz
root:093r5#
Script done on Thu May 25 10:49:50 1995
mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)
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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>
Subject: Bug#913: Acknowledgement (was: downgrading doc-*.5 to doc-*.3 doesn't de-install doc-*.5)
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From: Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>
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On Fri, 26 May 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > When I install the .5 package, then install the .3 package, the
> > files from the .5 package are left in place.
>
> Can you please mail me both the .5 and .3 .deb files, uuencoded ?
>
> I shall then try to replicate and fix the problem.
>
> Also, please send me up-to-date copies of your /var/lib/dpkg/status
> and .../available files :-).
Thanks. That'll be a bit difficult. I've already upgraded my
packages disk from the FTP site, so I've lost the doc-*-3.deb file.
The -5 file is at work. What I currently have installed on my
system is the duplicated -5 files and the dpkg admin files
from my latest install, which was from -3.
Here's what I propose to do:
1. I'll send current copies of the status and available files
to you by separate email.
2. I'll do my best to reconstruct the -3 package from what I
have on my system -- get the post{inst,rm} files from
dpkg/info, the control file from the status file, and
the package body from what's in doc.list and build a package
from that. I'll then test by reinstalling my reconstructed
-3 package and the actual -5 package to see if the problem
persists. If it does, I'll upload the reconstructed -3 package
to cmich's Incoming directory in some filename which I'll email
you. It'll be about 750 Kbytes (769085 as built, but not yet
tested).
3. The -5 file (over 1M byte as I recall) is the currrent one
on cmich. I'll need to drop by the office to get a copy for
testing. I don't think it's necessary for me to upload
another copy of that.
> PS: I've set `X-Debian-PR: quiet' on this ...
I dithered a bit about putting that dpkg -D info in the bug
report vs. private email to you, and finally decided that it
wasn't too outrageously long for that and that it'd be best
to have those details in the bug report records.
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Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding
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Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message,
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To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this
problem report. It has NOT been forwarded to the developers, as you
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Ian Jackson /
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