tag 472367 patch
thanks
Hi,
The bug is reproducible if /etc/alternative/x-window-manager is not there.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/debian/tmp/jwm$ sudo
mv /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager-orig
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/debian/tmp/jwm$ sudo apt-get install jwm Reading
package
lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
jwm
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 94.9kB of archives.
After this operation, 291kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main jwm 2.0.1-1 [94.9kB]
Fetched 94.9kB in 16s
(5776B/s) Selecting previously deselected package jwm.
(Reading database ... 188885 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking jwm (from .../archives/jwm_2.0.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up jwm (2.0.1-1) ...
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/bin/x-window-manager': File exists
dpkg: error processing jwm (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
jwm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The following patch will fix it:
--- jwm-2.0.1-orig/debian/jwm.postinst 2008-03-30 19:32:46.000000000 +0530
+++ jwm-2.0.1/debian/jwm.postinst 2008-03-30 19:16:06.000000000 +0530
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
DamageControl ()
{
# jwm 0.23-2 deleted $GENERICBIN link. Make sure it's there
-
- [ -r $GENERICBIN ] && return
-
# regenerate the link
-
- ln -s /etc/alternatives/$ETCALT $GENERICBIN
+ if ! [ -L $GENERICBIN ]; then
+ ln -s /etc/alternatives/$ETCALT $GENERICBIN;
+ fi
}
Debhelper ()
Also, attached as diff with mail. Thanks to Goswin von Brederlow for help (and
patch)!
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--- jwm-2.0.1-orig/debian/jwm.postinst 2008-03-30 19:32:46.000000000 +0530
+++ jwm-2.0.1/debian/jwm.postinst 2008-03-30 19:16:06.000000000 +0530
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
DamageControl ()
{
# jwm 0.23-2 deleted $GENERICBIN link. Make sure it's there
-
- [ -r $GENERICBIN ] && return
-
# regenerate the link
-
- ln -s /etc/alternatives/$ETCALT $GENERICBIN
+ if ! [ -L $GENERICBIN ]; then
+ ln -s /etc/alternatives/$ETCALT $GENERICBIN;
+ fi
}
Debhelper ()
