[ My last mail got cropped for some reason, here it is again ] I investigated this further after realizing that on my other machine `/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0' is a symlink to `libpango1.0-common'.
I first tried to re-install the old versions:
$ sudo dpkg -i libpango1.0-0_1.28.3-1+squeeze2_i386.deb
libpango1.0-common_1.28.3-1+squeeze2_all.deb
[...]
$ file /usr/share/doc/libpango*
/usr/share/doc/libpango-perl: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-common: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpangomm-1.4-1: directory
$
I then removed the directory and re-installed:
$ sudo rmdir -v /usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0
rmdir: removing directory, `/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0'
$ sudo dpkg -i libpango1.0-0_1.28.3-1+squeeze2_i386.deb
libpango1.0-common_1.28.3-1+squeeze2_all.deb
[...]
$ file /usr/share/doc/libpango*
/usr/share/doc/libpango-perl: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0: symbolic link to `libpango1.0-common'
/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-common: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpangomm-1.4-1: directory
$
I then removed the symlink, created a directory and re-installed:
$ sudo rm -v /usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0
removed `/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0'
$ sudo mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0
mkdir: created directory `/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0'
$ sudo dpkg -i libpango1.0-0_1.28.3-1+squeeze2_i386.deb
libpango1.0-common_1.28.3-1+squeeze2_all.deb
[...]
$ sudo file /usr/share/doc/libpango*
/usr/share/doc/libpango-perl: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-common: directory
/usr/share/doc/libpangomm-1.4-1: directory
$
It seems like dpkg won't overwrite a directory with a symlink (bug?) so
if /usr/share/doc/libpango1.0-0 has ever been a directory on your
machine, installing the latest libpango will fail.
Best regards
Alexander Kurtz
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