"Matthias Klose <Matthias Klose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have the following problem. Version 1 of package X has a directory > /usr/lib/xy with files in it. The next version 2 puts these files in > another directory and wants to replace /usr/lib/xy with a symbolic > link to the new directory. This works, when I uninstall version 1 and > then install version 2. However when upgrading, the directory is left > alone. How do I get the symbolic link in a safe way with the install > scripts? Is the problem that when you are upgrading the dir is stil lthere and therefore you can't create the link? If so, you might try 'rmdir' if the dir is empty or 'mv <olddir>/* <newdir>/' if not (not safe if there are subdirs). Truth is it's very hard to do this in maintainer scripts sometimes. If you're very sure that there's nothing meaningful in the directory you want to keep around I suggest doing 'rm -f' in 'preinst upgrade *'. Whatever you do in the scripts, though, be sure you check what the 'error rollback' maintainer call is and deal with undoing what you did there (in this case, 'postrm failed-upgrade' and 'postrm abort-upgrade'). I dunno, maybe someone here can give better advice or you could more clearly express the issue? -- .....A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
