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and subject line Re: dpkg does not replace directory by symlink on upgrade
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.19.7
Trying to replace a directory with a symlink on the upgrade
of a private package I stumbled over this:
root@dpcl082:/usr/lib/jvm# dpkg --contents
/var/cache/apt/archives/adoptopenjdk11_11.0.8+10-1_amd64.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/lib/jvm/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/share/doc/adoptopenjdk11/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 346 2020-08-20 12:29
./usr/share/doc/adoptopenjdk11/changelog.Debian.gz
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2020-08-20 12:29 ./usr/lib/jvm/java-11-AdoptOpenJDK
-> adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64
root@dpcl082:/usr/lib/jvm# ls -al /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-AdoptOpenJDK
/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64
/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64:
total 48
drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 4096 Jul 17 11:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 31 10:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 17 11:52 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 17 11:52 conf
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 17 11:52 include
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Jul 17 11:52 jmods
drwxr-xr-x 72 root root 4096 May 20 15:34 legal
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 17 11:52 lib
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 20 15:34 man
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1220 Jul 16 09:21 release
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 16 09:21 src.zip -> lib/src.zip
/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-AdoptOpenJDK:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 12:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 31 10:27 ..
Please note the empty directory instead of the symlink after the installation
of adoptopenjdk11_11.0.8+10-1_amd64.deb.
The predecessor of my adoptopenjdk11 package provided the whole JDK
in /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-AdoptOpenJDK. The JDK is now supposed to be
provided by the Debian package from
https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb/pool/main/a/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot/
For backward compatibility I tried to introduce a symlink in my new
adoptopenjdk11 package, as shown above. Reinstalling the new package
doesn't help, either:
root@dpcl082:/usr/lib/jvm# dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/adoptopenjdk11_11.0.8+10-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 366514 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../adoptopenjdk11_11.0.8+10-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking adoptopenjdk11 (11.0.8+10-1) over (11.0.8+10-1) ...
Setting up adoptopenjdk11 (11.0.8+10-1) ...
root@dpcl082:/usr/lib/jvm# ls -al /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-AdoptOpenJDK
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 12:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 31 10:27 ..
Regards
Harri
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--- Begin Message ---
Jan pointed me to dpkg-maintscript-helper dir_to_symlink ...
Problem solved.
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