On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 09:57 +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > The real problems are not related to upgrading/installing/removing. They > are related to using sgml tools. As far as I understand converting an > xml file using xmlto should discover some of the issues. Errors that > point to sgml-base failures are either catalog files that do not exist > or missing definitions (because the catalogs are not listed).
As promised, I've been having a look at this again. I've run some tests today, but need to be offline for several hours now. The results so far are included below; I'll pick up testing again tomorrow. > To trigger sgml-base related issues in wheezy try one of the following: > * Remove but not purge a sgml-base rdep. Observe missing files errors > from sgml tools. #676717 Confirmed that installing w3c-dtd-xhtml and removing it causes this with +nmu3. > * Upgrade squeeze -> wheezy without upgrading dpkg (or upgrading dpkg > late). Observe missing definitions from sgml tools. #678902 Repeatedly installing and purging debiandoc-sgml appears to reliably trigger (no pun intended) this in my testing with squeeze's dpkg and +nmu3. I've not managed to reproduce it with wheezy's dpkg and +nmu4. > * Install squeeze. Install a sgml-base rdep. Remove it (not purge). > Upgrade the system to wheezy. Now install it again. Observe a > conffile prompt. I've not tested this one yet, as I forgot to do it before upgrading the chroot. > * Just upgrade squeeze -> wheezy. Observe noise about rebuilding > packages that are already rebuilt. Yep. The noise isn't the end of the world though. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
