Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-05-17 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
(moving the discussion over to a bug that acutally isn't fixed by my patch.) On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:26:04PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: I have read and tested your patch of Fri, 12 May 2006 22:38:56 -0500. I confirm that it fixes the problem for defoma/ttf-bitstream-vera and that it does

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-05-12 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:05:30PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: The problem is that the packages in the removed-but-not-yet-purged state still contain empty directories, ones that don't contain conffiles. Above, for example, /usr and stuff below it should not be there for ttf-bitstream-vera.

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-05-12 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:49:32PM -0500, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: I have an alternative patch that at least fixes the defoma/ttf-bitstream case. I haven't tested all the other packages yet. Comments and testing welcome. Cases that this patch doesn't fix include openssl/ca-certificates and

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-05-12 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:49:32PM -0500, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: I have an alternative patch that at least fixes the defoma/ttf-bitstream case. I haven't tested all the other packages yet. Comments and testing welcome. Updated patch that also deals with the similar case on upgrade. Index:

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-03-13 Thread Lars Wirzenius
Sorry for the excessive delay. ma, 2006-02-20 kello 20:55 +0100, Bart Martens kirjoitti: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg --remove defoma ttf-bitstream-vera (Reading database ... 12290 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ttf-bitstream-vera ... Removing defoma ... ... [EMAIL

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-02-20 Thread Bart Martens
Hi Lars, Before I comment on the rest of your e-mail, I want to understand the example you gave with defoma and ttf-bitstream-vera. On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 01:09:00PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: Incidentally, I'm attaching the script I'm using to test this dpkg bug. To use, first create a

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-02-05 Thread Bart Martens
On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 12:50:41AM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: There is one problem with the patch: It has the potential to leave empty directories behind on removal (they will get removed on purge, though). This happens in the case that two packages which have both conffiles share a

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-01-27 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 04:30:15AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: Summary: as far as I can see, the experimental version of dpkg plus Bart's patch to fix this bug work quite well. I'm looking forward to seeing them in unstable. There is one problem with the patch: It has the potential to leave

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-01-24 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ma, 2006-01-16 kello 00:45 +0100, Bart Martens kirjoitti: I've had a look at your patches, and I didn't feel comfortable with the idea of adding a generated list of parent directories. I think it's better to prevent that the forgotten directories become forgotten. The patch below does that.

Bug#318825: dpkg: fix erranous directory not empty warnings (other patch)

2006-01-15 Thread Bart Martens
Goswin, Lars, I've had a look at your patches, and I didn't feel comfortable with the idea of adding a generated list of parent directories. I think it's better to prevent that the forgotten directories become forgotten. The patch below does that. Regards, Bart Martens diff -ru