On 12 August 2006 at 20:10, Marc Glisse wrote: | Package: r-doc-html | Version: 2.3.1-2 | Severity: normal | | When I upgrade this package, I get: | | Removing symbolic link /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/ | rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/': Not a directory | dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/r-doc-html_2.3.1-2_all.deb (--unpack): | subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 | | Is the preinst script trying to remove the 'manual' symlink but actually | using 'manual/', which fails?
On second thought, the '-h' vs '-d' test seems to do the right thing here. So I am a little puzzled about what went wromg at your end... Information about prior versions, maybe a ls -l inside /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/ etc would be appreciated. Dirk -- Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. -- Thomas A. Edison -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]