On Wed, 07 May 2008, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Do you have the (real) packages where this happened just for test purpose? > > Sure, everything is there: http://malsain.org/~joss/debian/
I created a simpler test case since I have no amd64. Attached are two test packages. Version 2.0 contains a manual page in /usr/local/man/ and version 3.0 doesn't. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ dpkg -c test_2.0_all.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:19 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/share/doc/test/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 244 2008-05-08 21:19 ./usr/share/doc/test/changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 236 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/share/doc/test/copyright drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/local/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:17 ./usr/local/man/ -rw-r--r-- root/staff 7846 2008-05-08 21:16 ./usr/local/man/dpkg.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ dpkg -c test_3.0_all.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:24 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2005-12-14 13:11 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:24 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:24 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-05-08 21:24 ./usr/share/doc/test/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 241 2008-05-08 21:24 ./usr/share/doc/test/changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 231 2008-05-08 21:24 ./usr/share/doc/test/copyright [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ LANG=C sudo dpkg -i test_2.0_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package test. (Reading database ... 296486 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking test (from test_2.0_all.deb) ... Setting up test (2.0) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ LANG=C sudo dpkg -i test_3.0_all.deb (Reading database ... 296491 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace test 2.0 (using test_3.0_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement test ... dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/local': Directory not empty Setting up test (3.0) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... In both case the file-based triggers of man-db has been activated. And it matches my reading of the code: a removed file also activates file-based triggers through the function namenodetouse(). Installation of files activates the trigger in src/archives.c (line 426) while removal of files activates the trigger in src/processarc.c (line 642). So can you double-check that everything was right on your side? If yes, maybe try to provide a log with the -D30010 option of dpkg. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/
test_2.0_all.deb
Description: application/debian-package
test_3.0_all.deb
Description: application/debian-package
