Package: ghc Version: 7.0.3-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch ghc 7.0.3-1 lacks man page for runghc. It's not a big problem for using package, but this causes package configuration error.
I found cause of problem, it is in debian/rules file: runghc man-page is installed if test on 213 line is passed "if test -e debian/tmp/usr/bin/ghci-$(ProjectVersion); then BLA-BLA-BLA". But debian/tmp/usr/bin/ghci-$(ProjectVersion) is not a file, but a soft-link created at lines 182-183 and pointing to /usr/bin/ghci-$(ProjectVersion). It is a good soft-link for installation purposes, but, as usually ghc is created by previous version of ghc, this is a dead soft-link, so "test -e" fails for this link and no man-page for runghc is installed. So IMO there are two options a) quickfix is to rebuild ghc 7.0.3 using ghc 7.0.3 b) change "test -e" to "test -h", as debian/tmp/usr/bin/ghci-$(ProjectVersion) is a soft-link created by debian/rules somewhat earlier I'm not using debian, but trying convert some debian packages for ubuntu. But I re-checked that debian/sid ghc package version 7.0.3-1 doesn't have runghc man page I'm attaching a fix for this problem (variant b) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers maverick-updates APT policy: (500, 'maverick-updates'), (500, 'maverick-security'), (500, 'maverick') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
diff -Naur debian_old//rules debian/rules --- debian_old//rules 2011-04-09 15:36:49.000000000 +0400 +++ debian/rules 2011-05-06 00:47:53.918104000 +0400 @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ # manpages rm -f debian/*.1 echo ".so man1/ghc.1" > debian/ghc-$(ProjectVersion).1 - if test -e debian/tmp/usr/bin/ghci-$(ProjectVersion); then \ + if test -h debian/tmp/usr/bin/ghci-$(ProjectVersion); then \ echo ".so man1/ghc.1" > debian/ghci.1 ;\ echo ".so man1/ghc.1" > debian/ghci-$(ProjectVersion).1 ;\ cp debian/runghc.man debian/runghc.1 ; fi
