Hi, I overlooked this bug report. Sorry for slow response.
Yep, I need to take care this generated file and symlink issue. Let me think. In the mean time, I just fixed more important issue of clean install problem. Osamu On Tue, 2023-12-19 at 17:18 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2023-12-18 22:57 +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > > > Package: debian-reference > > Version: 2.109 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > Hey. > > > > Something looks odd with the package’s files registration in Debian. > > On upgrade from 2.108 to 2.109 I got: > > Unpacking debian-reference-common (2.109) over (2.108) ... > > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/debian- > > reference/images': Directory not empty > > Preparing to unpack .../01-debian-reference-en_2.109_all.deb ... > > Unpacking debian-reference-en (2.109) over (2.108) ... > > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/debian-reference': > > Directory not empty > > > > > > And indeed, none of these files seem to belong to a Debian package: > > $ dpkg -S /usr/share/debian-reference/images/* > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/caution.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/home.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/important.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/next.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/note.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/prev.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/tip.png > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/up.gif > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images/warning.png > > $ dpkg -S /usr/share/debian-reference/* > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/apa.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch01.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch02.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch03.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch04.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch05.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch06.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch07.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch08.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch09.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch10.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch11.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/ch12.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/debian-reference.css > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/debian-reference.en.pdf > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/debian-reference.en.txt.gz > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/images > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/index.en.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/index.html > > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/debian- > > reference/pr01.en.html > > > > These files do however seem to exist in the package, though registered as: > > $ grep /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/debian-reference-common.list > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/.htaccess > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/debian-reference.css > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/caution.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/home.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/important.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/next.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/note.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/prev.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/tip.png > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/up.gif > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/images/warning.png > > /var/lib/dpkg/info$ grep /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/debian-reference-en.list > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/apa.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch01.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch02.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch03.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch04.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch05.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch06.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch07.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch08.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch09.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch10.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch11.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/ch12.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/debian-reference.en.pdf > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/debian-reference.en.txt.gz > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/index.en.html > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs/pr01.en.html > > > > That, in my case, is a symlink: > > $ ls -al /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 19 2013 /usr/share/doc/debian-reference- > > common/docs -> ../../debian-reference > > > > > > I'd blinly presume, that one this was indeed a symlink, but no longer is > > and when the switch was made, no proper cleanup took place leaving now > > all people that upgraded behind with that situation? > > > > Any ideas what's going on here and how to clean up? > > In debian-reference-common version 2.108 and earlier, > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs was a symlink, as you had > noticed. Version 2.109 switched it to a directory, but as mentioned > in Policy[1] dpkg never replaces a symlink to a directory with a > directory and rather leaves the existing state alone. > > The solution is to use maintainer scripts to turn the symlink into a > directory. Please refer to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) and > dh_installdeb(1) how this is usually done. > > Cheers, > Sven > > > 1. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#details- > of-unpack-phase-of-installation-or-upgrade
