Your message dated Sun, 21 Feb 2016 10:19:56 +0000
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and subject line Bug#813248: fixed in dx 1:4.4.4-9
has caused the Debian Bug report #813248,
regarding libdx4-dev: unhandled symlink to directory conversion:
/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE
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Package: libdx4-dev
Version: 1:4.4.4-8
Severity: serious
User: [email protected]
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
an upgrade test with piuparts revealed that your package installs files
over existing symlinks and possibly overwrites files owned by other
packages. This usually means an old version of the package shipped a
symlink but that was later replaced by a real (and non-empty)
directory. This kind of overwriting another package's files cannot be
detected by dpkg.
This was observed on the following upgrade paths:
jessie -> sid
For /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE this may not be problematic as long as both
packages are installed, ship byte-for-byte identical files and are
upgraded in lockstep. But once one of the involved packages gets
removed, the other one will lose its documentation files, too,
including the copyright file, which is a violation of Policy 12.5:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile
For other overwritten locations anything interesting may happen.
Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace directories with symlinks
and vice versa, you need the maintainer scripts to do this.
See in particular the end of point 4 in
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase
It is recommended to use the dpkg-maintscript-helper commands
'dir_to_symlink' and 'symlink_to_dir' (available since dpkg 1.17.14)
to perform the conversion, ideally using d/$PACKAGE.maintscript.
Do not forget to add 'Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}' in d/control.
See dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) and dh_installdeb(1) for details.
>From the attached log (usually somewhere in the middle...):
2m11.1s ERROR: FAIL: silently overwrites files via directory symlinks:
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev/changelog.Debian.amd64.gz (libdx4-dev) !=
/usr/share/doc/libdx4/changelog.Debian.amd64.gz (libdx4)
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev -> libdx4
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev/changelog.Debian.gz (libdx4-dev) !=
/usr/share/doc/libdx4/changelog.Debian.gz (libdx4)
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev -> libdx4
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev/changelog.gz (libdx4-dev) !=
/usr/share/doc/libdx4/changelog.gz (libdx4)
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev -> libdx4
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev/copyright (libdx4-dev) !=
/usr/share/doc/libdx4/copyright (libdx4)
/usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev -> libdx4
cheers,
Andreas
libdx4-dev_1:4.4.4-8+b1.log.gz
Description: application/gzip
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: dx
Source-Version: 1:4.4.4-9
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dx, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Graham Inggs <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dx package)
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 11:33:49 +0200
Source: dx
Binary: dx libdx4 libdx4-dev dx-doc
Architecture: source
Version: 1:4.4.4-9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Graham Inggs <[email protected]>
Description:
dx - OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - main package
dx-doc - OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - documentation
libdx4 - OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - shared libraries
libdx4-dev - OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - development files
Closes: 811731 813248
Changes:
dx (1:4.4.4-9) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Switch /usr/share/doc/libdx4-dev symlink to directory (Closes: #813248).
* Fix narrowing conversion errors with GCC 6 (Closes: #811731).
* Update debian/watch with new FTP site.
* Update Lintian source overrides.
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.7 (no further changes).
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