On Tue, 15 Aug 2017, Philipp Matthias Hahn wrote: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/lilypond-data.postinst looks bogus: > | if [ -d /usr/share/info/lilypond ] && [ ! -L /usr/share/info/lilypond ] \ > | && rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/share/lilypond; then > | (cd /usr/share/info; ln -s ../doc/lilypond/html/Documentation/user/ > lilypond;) > | fi; > > $ ls -ld /usr/share/info/lilypond > drwxr-xr-x 260 root root 4096 Jul 17 06:51 /usr/share/info/lilypond > > So the "if" evaluates to true, but what is that "rmdir" supposed to > do?
Yeah; this was my bad patch to fix 737505 which I clearly didn't think through. [Though this whole bit in the postinst is actually obsolete now.] > And you don't need to put semicolons at the end of the line - this > isn't C or Java, a simple line break is enough. Sure; that's why the subshell doesn't have a semicolon. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com The carbon footprint of a single human being is enormous. If you think about it, your honour, I'm an environmentalist. -- a softer world #283 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=283
