On 2010-02-13 10:56 +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Anders Boström <and...@netinsight.net>, 2010-02-12, 09:23: >>(Reading database ... 220052 files and directories currently installed.) >>Preparing to replace python2.6-minimal 2.6.4-4 (using >>.../python2.6-minimal_2.6.4-5_amd64.deb) ... >>mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/python2.6': Permission denied >>dpkg: error processing >>/var/cache/apt/archives/python2.6-minimal_2.6.4-5_amd64.deb (--unpack): >> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> >>Debian Policy Manual, section 9.1.2 >><http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.1.2>: >> >>As mandated by the FHS, packages must not place any files in >>/usr/local, either by putting them in the file system archive to be >>unpacked by dpkg or by manipulating them in their maintainer scripts. > > Please read further: > > However, the package may create empty directories below /usr/local so > that the system administrator knows where to place site-specific > files. These are not directories in /usr/local, but are children of > directories in /usr/local. These directories (/usr/local/*/dir/) > should be removed on package removal if they are empty.
And going even further (only two paragraphs later): Since `/usr/local' can be mounted read-only from a remote server, these directories must be created and removed by the `postinst' and `prerm' maintainer scripts and not be included in the `.deb' archive. These scripts must not fail if either of these operations fail. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The bug is not that the preinst tries to create the directories, but that it fails when it can't do it. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
