On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 01:21:24PM +0200, Agustin Martin wrote: > Regarding the alternative removal from preinst, I would keep it for some > time, until the -1 -> -2+ mess is mostly addressed by users (say, at most > 1-2 months), and then remove it. It is a bug that might cause manual mode be > lost, but will make upgrades from -1 easier. Another possibility would be to > check in preinst if old version to be upgraded is "2.0.0-1" and remove > alternative only if so. This would be cleaner, but considering that none > of -1 or -2 are going into sarge, that we are in unstable, and that we are > at the beginning of the post-sarge stage, this is probably an overkill. >
I have been playing with this last possibility, I expect something like the attached patch should do the work. I somewhat edited it before submission, so please check in your system that nothing is missed. Cheers, -- Agustin
--- fpc-2.0.0.orig/debian/fp-compiler.preinst +++ fpc-2.0.0/debian/fp-compiler.preinst @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +#! /bin/sh + +set -e + +# Remove fpc from pc alternative if buggy 2.0.0-1 version is upgraded + +if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ] && [ "$2" = "2.0.0-1" ]; then + /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --remove pc /usr/bin/fpc +fi + +# Debhelper code +#DEBHELPER# --- fpc-2.0.0.orig/debian/fp-compiler.prerm +++ fpc-2.0.0/debian/fp-compiler.prerm @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +#! /bin/sh + +set -e + +# Remove fpc from pc alternative + +if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]; then + /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --remove pc /usr/bin/fpc +fi + +# Debhelper code +#DEBHELPER#
