Re: Bug#390093: gcc-4.1-doc: Overwrites copyright and Debian changelog of gcc-4.1-base

2006-09-29 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> I would suggest renaming the binary -doc packages, and providing the > original ones. Is this better than what is suggested in the bug report (detect and remove symlink in preinst)? If packages will be renamed, users won't get transparent upgrade to new packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#390093: gcc-4.1-doc: Overwrites copyright and Debian changelog of gcc-4.1-base

2006-09-29 Thread Matthias Klose
I would suggest renaming the binary -doc packages, and providing the original ones. Sven Joachim writes: > Package: gcc-4.1-doc-non-dfsg > Version: 4.1.1-nf1 > Severity: serious > > In previous versions of gcc-4.1-doc (up to 4.1.1-10), > /usr/share/doc/gcc-4.1-doc was a symlink to gcc-4.1-base.

Bug#390093: gcc-4.1-doc: Overwrites copyright and Debian changelog of gcc-4.1-base

2006-09-29 Thread Sven Joachim
Package: gcc-4.1-doc-non-dfsg Version: 4.1.1-nf1 Severity: serious In previous versions of gcc-4.1-doc (up to 4.1.1-10), /usr/share/doc/gcc-4.1-doc was a symlink to gcc-4.1-base. Because dpkg follows the symlink when upgrading the package, your files end up in /usr/share/doc/gcc-4.1-base, overwri