Your message dated Sun, 29 Nov 2015 17:20:49 +0000 with message-id <e1a35eb-0002i8...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#788446: fixed in python-dmidecode 3.12.2-2 has caused the Debian Bug report #788446, regarding python-dmidecode-dbg: unhandled symlink to directory conversion: /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: python-dmidecode-dbg Version: 3.12.1-1 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, an upgrade test with piuparts revealed that your package installs files over existing symlinks and possibly overwrites files owned by other packages. This usually means an old version of the package shipped a symlink but that was later replaced by a real (and non-empty) directory. This kind of overwriting another package's files cannot be detected by dpkg. This was observed on the following upgrade paths: sid -> experimental For /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE this may not be problematic as long as both packages are installed, ship byte-for-byte identical files and are upgraded in lockstep. But once one of the involved packages gets removed, the other one will lose its documentation files, too, including the copyright file, which is a violation of Policy 12.5: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile For other overwritten locations anything interesting may happen. Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace directories with symlinks and vice versa, you need the maintainer scripts to do this. See in particular the end of point 4 in https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase It is recommended to use the dpkg-maintscript-helper commands 'dir_to_symlink' and 'symlink_to_dir' (available since dpkg 1.17.14) to perform the conversion, ideally using d/$PACKAGE.mainstscript. Do not forget to add 'Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}' in d/control. See dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) and dh_installdeb(1) for details. >From the attached log (usually somewhere in the middle...): 0m45.5s ERROR: FAIL: silently overwrites files via directory symlinks: /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/AUTHORS (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/AUTHORS (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/AUTHORS.upstream (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/AUTHORS.upstream (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/README (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/README (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/README.types (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/README.types (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/README.upstream.gz (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/README.upstream.gz (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/changelog.Debian.gz (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/changelog.Debian.gz (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/changelog.gz (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/changelog.gz (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg/copyright (python-dmidecode-dbg) != /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode/copyright (python-dmidecode) /usr/share/doc/python-dmidecode-dbg -> python-dmidecode cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: python-dmidecode Source-Version: 3.12.2-2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of python-dmidecode, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 788...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> (supplier of updated python-dmidecode package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:45:27 +0000 Source: python-dmidecode Binary: python-dmidecode python-dmidecode-dbg Architecture: source amd64 Version: 3.12.2-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> Changed-By: Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> Description: python-dmidecode - Python extension module for dmidecode python-dmidecode-dbg - Python extension module for dmidecode (debug) Closes: 788446 Changes: python-dmidecode (3.12.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium . * debian/{python-dmidecode-dbg.docs, rules} - restore -dbg symlink to main pkg doc dir, lost during conversion to dh; Closes: #788446 Checksums-Sha1: d03f11322ea3363bb334403393a56e73a0d5fc89 2196 python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2.dsc 723ddf9a179cc4a2c9757bf6690656f63ede0687 22488 python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2.debian.tar.xz 3e2d9e277e615bf40bf32346bf92c9554b833309 58530 python-dmidecode-dbg_3.12.2-2_amd64.deb 202dc7afe489fca6af0e7f2168d7848afa05a2bd 78728 python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2_amd64.deb Checksums-Sha256: 9b42f870f5f44a09900f1f08784a5302c3ca8e6309eda79607152511b40bf522 2196 python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2.dsc 0f089f7a0e3dc37534c6a3b853e6a7ffa26997f66fe0bf81cc59cf05cc4412ef 22488 python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2.debian.tar.xz db65ea6262e8d0727f9ad1bb83dbbb1d8a8fac782ce72ebced70637be784a2a0 58530 python-dmidecode-dbg_3.12.2-2_amd64.deb 1e9cd084d9c4d394bc58e0e75006254a15cb710c431d0ccfb3caee1ba157971d 78728 python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2_amd64.deb Files: 3b54eb11bc9c6d2f2a25de16ff28fff5 2196 python optional python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2.dsc 9854cedf659d911ab26e076356838311 22488 python optional python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2.debian.tar.xz 84af9702f82f1309bfd5137461db19bb 58530 debug extra python-dmidecode-dbg_3.12.2-2_amd64.deb d394eb28e776b54792f8be11da09e546 78728 python optional python-dmidecode_3.12.2-2_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWWy0fAAoJEIefPJk4AalPHqsP/3rHL9uNpj0LXAur6Ok/37GW NPlZAYnUlDIfYtMf+wVqFV+28Uy3xJ69j7uT/dxf3ty4DGy+nLUjkXMOovh/UvuI J1g15p1EpS2mrhzy9COX12zq+ET/X/4tPNzymw5JnfQ3S8UJ2E7TqyL8xkMSyUo6 +Nk6r9rMH+GCQs5zrj4kEMy8qpkKWByo3rKsEQz5Db+JB+LJMxqdv/+3jy2u3lqe 7kBurbUQF70bUuvvkmsuacG9FXs0NuiuLWxubMdz10yL0aEQqswOqY0A9c9IsrGP z9UtAuQo65ysROv1VS7PgolwJFCfJTbKiYFGn5dTLOnqSl+lKkoMUSgrBGk8t/w8 wSAmz+TFVbD3x+TFQaLbZ9KRsK64WJOdRsVfphmnz5wdXn7UA++FSzxdU69B8EYh bwmk2ZfLzgxBGhUIoJtXGCGF6zg2w1ta6cNFP7NPzw2TXiPdKhny6m7Tg82GFBI8 UxZjr77xWxsKpSIShBHxZkqVnSEJepSrG4GcKWMcexZt6Gsj8mWb95FqnlgAWKrV h9f94BQLfPMz58woofn/w0NPGTj6t6oDQzpXeh7sHM4OJYaeJiIyMN0oUpWkdnra 9cBHoPdSAkpsyAc79O2ABSAhpqZDoM6wdIMRgGZ4tK84Cb84bBm1jUW0q96CzViu DetAHOIBx09lSLQAeQy4 =RVUh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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