Bug#782137: gnumeric: preinst script bails out too easily

2015-04-15 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hi Dmitry, On 15 April 2015 at 04:06, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > Thank you very much for helping me with this issue. I inherited original > preinst code from previous maintainer and I've never hand a chance to > investigate how it works... > > I tried your diff but it failed on upgrade as follows: >

Bug#782137: gnumeric: preinst script bails out too easily

2015-04-14 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Raphael, On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:24:05 Raphael Geissert wrote: > What do you think about the attached diff? > > Granted, it doesn't handle the upgrade in chroot while a > package-installed process is running, case, but it at least should > allow some installation and upgrade scenarios to be don

Bug#782137: gnumeric: preinst script bails out too easily

2015-04-14 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hi, What do you think about the attached diff? Granted, it doesn't handle the upgrade in chroot while a package-installed process is running, case, but it at least should allow some installation and upgrade scenarios to be done smoothly. Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer www.debian

Bug#782137: gnumeric: preinst script bails out too easily

2015-04-08 Thread Raphael Geissert
Package: gnumeric Severity: important Hi, The preinst script prevents gnumeric from being installed in cases such as: - a debug instance running from a local directory, - with piuparts, while an instance of gnumeric is running If the problem that the preinst attempts to avoid is that of the gnum