Am Sonntag, den 01.03.2009, 16:05 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > Paul Gevers <[email protected]> writes: > > >> Preparing to replace docbook-xsl-doc-html 1.73.2.dfsg.1-5 (using > >> docbook-xsl-doc-html_1.74.2-1_all.deb) ... > >> Unpacking replacement docbook-xsl-doc-html ... > >> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory > >> `/usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/slides': Directory not empty > >> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory > >> `/usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/lib': Directory not empty > >> dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory > >> `/usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/utility': Directory not empty > >> [..] [..] > > IIRC this usually means that the directories contain files which are not > > installed/controlled by dpkg. So, did you change files manually in those > > directories?
No changes and there are only files belonging to docbook-xsl-doc-html. > Alternatively you had an old system (sarge or older) and updated it a > few times. The old dpkg had a bug where it would drop directories from > packages file list and then erroneously think nobody owns the > directory and try to delete it. Unfortunately I can reproduce the problem in a clean CHROOT. The files in /usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/ all belong to docbook-xsl-doc-html. Upgrading the package leaves all the files. But if I then purge the package, the files from the old package are also removed except the empty /usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/ directory. I can of course provide the updated docbook-xsl-doc-html package: http://debian.wgdd.de/temp/docbook-xsl/. Use a pbuilder CHROOT or any other clean CHROOT. Then install there the current docbook-xsl-doc-html package and then try to install the updated one. Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
