On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:

> While compiling the kernel I'm getting a lot of these messages:
> jade:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat:2:8:E: cannot open 
>"/usr/share/sgml/docbook/sgml-dtd-3.1/catalog" (No such file or directory)
> I think it's due to sgml-tools / openjade / docbook-dtd31-sgml / docbook-dtd41-sgml 
>/ docbook-style-dsssl uninstalling properly.
> Every time you install / deinstall those packages the directory becomes a mess. For 
>instance, this line gets added to
> /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1.cat:

> CATALOG /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-*.cat

[ WHOLE lots of mess......]

> hmmm... WTF am I writing here?? (I need some coffee) I can't find the logic in this, 
>once it leaves dangling symlinks,
> it leaves files behind, and other weird things, and now it doesn't... what's the 
>trick with these packages? Or aren't
> these packages meant to be installed & de-installed alot?


These packages are taken from redhat, and the post/postun/whatever
scripts are walking-on-thin-ice scripts. So I tend not to touch
them at all. Obviously they need more testing to become robust.
Currently, once they are installed, I will stay away from them
as much as possible.

Camille? Here? Any comment?

Abel

PS As a side note, gtk-doc seems to be very unhappy about
   docbook-style-dsssl missing docbook.css file. Will it be
   added back?


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