Debian bug report logs - #965
ncurses-runtime

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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Bug#965: ncurses-runtime

James A. Robinson writes ("Bug#965: ncurses-runtime"):
> This package has a preinst which wipes out /usr/lib/terminfo with an
> "rm -rf" call.  This confuses dpkg a great deal, when it tries to deal
> with /usr/lib/terminfo/*/*.dpkg-old (or whatever it has as backups).
> Perhaps a call to rm -rf of files *without* the ending of dpkg would
> be better?  Something like
> 	rm -f `find /usr/lib/terminfo -type f|grep -v dpkg`
> perhaps? But I can't remember if find is available on the base.

This is a known problem.  It is a kludgy workaround for a bug in tar
(tar is unable to overwrite symlinks) and a misfeature in dpkg (it
uses tar).

It will go away eventually.

Ian.

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From: "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu>


Package: ncurses-runtime
Version: 1.9.1b
Revision: 0

This package has a preinst which wipes out /usr/lib/terminfo with an
"rm -rf" call.  This confuses dpkg a great deal, when it tries to deal
with /usr/lib/terminfo/*/*.dpkg-old (or whatever it has as backups).
Perhaps a call to rm -rf of files *without* the ending of dpkg would
be better?  Something like

	rm -f `find /usr/lib/terminfo -type f|grep -v dpkg`

perhaps? But I can't remember if find is available on the base.


Jim