Package: vim Version: 1:7.0-017+4 Severity: normal I've checked 2 machines that track unstable and on both /usr/share/doc/vim looks like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~doc/vim>ls -l /usr/share/doc/vim total 76 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 778 Dec 7 15:59 NEWS.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1248 Dec 7 15:59 README -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1414 Nov 20 2005 README.Debian -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 2005 TODO.Debian -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49825 Dec 7 16:02 changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5462 Oct 12 2005 copyright Note timestamps, these files are from vim 1:6.4-004+1, not the current version. If I remove and reinstall vim, these files are left behind and dpkg complains: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log>sudo dpkg --purge vim (Reading database ... 220390 files and directories currently installed.) Removing vim ... Purging configuration files for vim ... dpkg - warning: while removing vim, directory `/usr/share/doc/vim' not empty so not removed. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log>ls -la /usr/share/doc/vim total 124K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 19 17:58 ./ drwxr-xr-x 1891 root root 44K May 31 19:08 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 778 Dec 7 15:59 NEWS.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K Dec 7 15:59 README -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4K Nov 20 2005 README.Debian -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 2005 TODO.Debian -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49K Dec 7 16:02 changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.4K Oct 12 2005 copyright If I manually rm -rf the stale directory, and then reinstall vim, I get a symlink: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 19:22 /usr/share/doc/vim -> vim-common/ Apparently the transition to this symlink has been botched; note that dpkg does not really support replacing directories full of files with symlinks.. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages vim depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgpmg1 1.19.6-22 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib ii libncurses5 5.5-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii vim-common 1:7.0-017+4 Vi IMproved - Common files ii vim-runtime 1:7.0-017+4 Vi IMproved - Runtime files vim recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- see shy jo
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