On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:44:54 +0200 Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 03:57:15PM -0700, Adrian Yee wrote: > >> Package: apt > >> Version: 0.6.44.2 > >> Severity: important > > > > Thanks for your bugreport. > > > >> The bzip2 1.0.3-3 package removes the /usr/bin/bzip2 symlink (bug > >> #375285) and apt-get only checks for /usr/bin/bzip2 (not /bin/bzip2) > >> before it downloads Packages.bz2. As a result, repositories such as the > >> vdlinux one fail to update since a Packages.gz does not exist. > > [..] > > > > I changed this to /bin/bzip2 now, that should fix the issue. It is in > > bzr now and will be part of the next upload. > > > > Cheers, > > Michael > > Won't that break with older bzip2 that aren't in /bin? Can't you check > if it is in PATH instead? > > MfG > Goswin
No, I believe all versions of bzip2 installed the actual binary into /bin, but created a symlink in /usr/bin. Of course it would probably be best it checked PATH (unless there's another reason for not doing that). Adrian
