On 19/02/06 12:43, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: >>grep-dctrl has an empty /usr/share/doc/grep-dctrl directory > > It's supposed to be a symbolic link to dctrl-tools' doc dir. > > I've seen this happen myself, but I don't know what causes it. Do you > have any theories?
The problem is this (Policy 6.5, step 4): A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic link to a directory or vice versa; instead, the existing state (symlink or not) will be left alone and dpkg will follow the symlink if there is one. So because the previously-installed grep-dctrl contained /usr/share/doc/grep-dctrl as a directory, it is not replaced when you upgrade. A look at other people who have had this problem in the past suggests that the correct solution is to remove the directory in the preinst. -- Martin Orr
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