Hi again, (dropping -devel) I see dpkg-maintscript-helper is already used to address
Debian Bug report logs - #1058960 dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/debian-reference': Directory not empty https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058960 https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-reference/-/blob/latest/debian/debian-reference-common.maintscript?ref_type=heads Funny thing is I use 2.109~ . Maybe this version needs to be bumped to 2.126~ or unspecified. I need to read manpage and think. Also, d/control needs update: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-reference/-/blob/latest/debian/control?ref_type=heads Here: Depends: debian-reference-common (>= 2.115) ... These must be Depends: debian-reference-common (>= 2.126) ... Osamu On Thu, 2025-04-17 at 20:58 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > Following up on my previous post. > > > How about adding simpler versioned depends (no pre-depends) with pre-rm > > script? > > I am talking about tricks using the "dpkg-maintscript-helper symlink_to_dir > ..." > command. Any thought? > > > Osamu > > > On Thu, 2025-04-17 at 20:40 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > I now see this as a bug. I think this was caused by my post-bookworm change > > in > > debian-reference (2.109) on Mon, 18 Dec 2023. > > > > If I remember correctly, the intent of this change was to move all > > HTML/PDF/Plain_Text document to a path under /usr/share/doc/ for better > > policy > > compliance. > > > > This regression was partly addressed in debian-reference (2.114) by closing > > #1063590 on Sat, 10 Feb 2024. What is reported is the remaining issue. > > > > So the question is the best known method to mitigate potential upgrade > > problem. > > > > I now understand "adding Conflicts or upgrading the versioned dependency on > > debian-reference-common to a Pre-Depends" is one way. > > > > Before doing it, I would like to know the best established method. > > > > How about adding simpler versioned depends (no pre-depends) with pre-rm > > script? > > Isn't it simpler? > > > > Or is there any other simpler and cleaner established solution. (A pointer > > to > > a > > package using such trics will be good for me.) > > > > Any suggestion? > > > > Osamu > > > > > > On Sun, 2025-04-13 at 16:08 +0200, textsh...@uchuujin.de wrote: > > > I belive debian wants to provide its documentation as packages in stable > > > releases. > > > > > > But currently debian-reference is scheduled for auto removal on 2025-04-15 > > > (which this mail bumps a bit into the future). > > > Maybe "nobody" is aware of this? > > > > > > Anyone up to taking a look at this? > > > > > > On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:14:02 +0100 Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> > > > wrote: > > > > Package: debian-reference-de,debian-reference-en,debian-reference- > > > > es,debian- > > > > reference-fr,debian-reference-id,debian-reference-it,debian-reference- > > > > ja,debian-reference-pt,debian-reference-pt-br,debian-reference-zh- > > > > cn,debian- > > > > reference-zh-tw > > > > Version: 2.125 > > > > Severity: serious > > > > User: debian...@lists.debian.org > > > > Usertags: fileconflict > > > > Control: affects -1 + debian-reference-common > > > > > > > > The debian-reference packages have a tricky undeclared file conflict > > > > that may break bookworm to trixie upgrades. In bookworm, > > > > debian-reference-common contains a symlink > > > > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/docs pointing to > > > > ../../debian-reference whereas the debian-references-* packages in > > > > trixie install the same location as a directory. On the face of it, this > > > > is an undeclared file conflict. Really though, a bad unpack order can > > > > cause the unpack of the trixie files to be redirected and then go > > > > missing as this is a symlink to directory conversion moving between > > > > packages. The debian-refefence-* packages really need to prevent > > > > concurrent unpack with bookworm's debian-reference-common. Breaks and > > > > Replaces is not sufficient here. I think the options basically are using > > > > Conflicts or upgrading the versioned dependency on > > > > debian-reference-common to a Pre-Depends (requires consultation with > > > > d-devel). The latter option is a larger hammer and prevents a weird > > > > corner case that is not covered by Conflicts. > > > > > > > > Helmut > > > > > >
