Package: src:vlc Version: 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 Severity: normal Tags: patch When libvlc-bin is installed without any plugins, this error is seen:
WARNING: Regenerating VLC plugin cache failed. Please run '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins' manually. Something like the attached patch (untested) would be nice. Thanks, Ross -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (40, 'unstable'), (30, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libvlc-bin depends on: ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1 ii libvlc5 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 libvlc-bin recommends no packages. libvlc-bin suggests no packages. Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.24 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1 ii libvlccore8 2.2.6-1~deb9u1 libvlc5 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libvlccore8 depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.24 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1 ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.22-0+deb9u1 ii libidn11 1.33-1 Versions of packages libvlccore8 recommends: ii libproxy-tools 0.4.14-2 -- no debconf information
diff --git a/debian/libvlc-bin.postinst.in b/debian/libvlc-bin.postinst.in index 022983e..3b00a3c 100644 --- a/debian/libvlc-bin.postinst.in +++ b/debian/libvlc-bin.postinst.in @@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ set -e run_vlc_cache_gen() { - if ! /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/plugins ; then - echo "WARNING: Regenerating VLC plugin cache failed." - echo "Please run '/usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/plugins' manually." + if find /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/plugins -type f > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then + if ! /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/plugins ; then + echo "WARNING: Regenerating VLC plugin cache failed." + echo "Please run '/usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f /usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#/vlc/plugins' manually." + fi fi }