Because there was a prior version in which the maintainer forgot to
change the paths.
On Jul 19, 2004, at 7:25 PM, Richard Vaughn wrote:
Hi -
Fink update-all installed a new version of fondu. At the end of the
install I was a bit taken aback by the following warning messages:
>>
Preparing to replace fondu 040527-1 (using
.../fondu_040527-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fondu ...
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/local/bin': Directory
not empty
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr/local': Directory not
empty
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `/usr': Directory not empty
Setting up fondu (040527-2) ...
>>
Why would replacing the old fondu involve attempts to delete /usr,
/usr/local and /usr/local/bin?
Rick
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