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and subject line Bug#701858: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #701135,
regarding php-net-ping: directory vs. symlink conflict: /usr/share/php/doc
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Package: php-net-ping
Version: 2.4.5-3
Severity: serious
User: [email protected]
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package installs files over
an existing symlink shipped or created by another package.
Your package ships:
/usr/share/php/doc/Net_Ping/docs/examples/example.php
but package php-pear ships:
/usr/share/php/doc -> ../doc/php-pear/PEAR
Installing something over existing symlinks is considered bad practice.
See e.g. http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
It may break in subtle ways and dpkg cannot detect this as a problem.
* Your package might silently overwrite files installed at the symlink
destination by other packages.
* If the package shipping the symlink decides to make the link point
somewhere else (or turn it into a real directory), the files owned
by your package "will be lost" somewhere in the filesystem.
* Depending on installation order the problematic path will be created
either as a symlink or a directory: the package installed first will
"win" and all others have "lost".
Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace directories with
symlinks and vice versa, see in particular the end of point 4 in
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase
(Note: Adding Pre-Depends is *not* a solution.)
Please move the files shipped in your package to the "real" location.
>From the attached log (usually somewhere in the middle...):
0m17.3s INFO: dirname part contains a symlink:
/usr/share/php/doc/Net_Ping (php-net-ping) !=
/usr/share/doc/php5-common/PEAR/Net_Ping (?)
/usr/share/php/doc/Net_Ping/docs (php-net-ping) !=
/usr/share/doc/php5-common/PEAR/Net_Ping/docs (?)
/usr/share/php/doc/Net_Ping/docs/examples (php-net-ping) !=
/usr/share/doc/php5-common/PEAR/Net_Ping/docs/examples (?)
/usr/share/php/doc/Net_Ping/docs/examples/example.php (php-net-ping) !=
/usr/share/doc/php5-common/PEAR/Net_Ping/docs/examples/example.php (?)
cheers,
Andreas
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Version: 2.4.5-3+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package php-net-ping has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see http://bugs.debian.org/701858
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
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Debian distribution maintenance software
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Ansgar Burchardt (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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