Bug#690155: libsvn-{dev, java, ruby1.8}: missing copyright file after upgrade from squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Andreas Beckmann
Package: libsvn-dev,libsvn-java,libsvn-ruby1.8 Version: 1.7.5-1 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts A test with piuparts revealed that your package misses the copyright file after an upgrade from squeeze to wheezy, which is a violation of Policy 12.5 :

Bug#690155: libsvn-{dev, java, ruby1.8}: missing copyright file after upgrade from squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Andreas Beckmann] A test with piuparts revealed that your package misses the copyright file after an upgrade from squeeze to wheezy, which is a violation of Policy 12.5 : Thanks - yeah, looks like a dpkg bug: during the upgrade, the old /usr/share/doc/$pkg directory disappears, but dpkg

Bug#690155: libsvn-{dev, java, ruby1.8}: missing copyright file after upgrade from squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Andreas Beckmann
On 2012-10-10 17:55, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Andreas Beckmann] A test with piuparts revealed that your package misses the copyright file after an upgrade from squeeze to wheezy, which is a violation of Policy 12.5 : Thanks - yeah, looks like a dpkg bug: during the upgrade, the old

Bug#690155: libsvn-{dev, java, ruby1.8}: missing copyright file after upgrade from squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Peter Samuelson
Of course dpkg should be careful when replacing symlinks with directories, because it's possible for a local admin to replace a directory with a symlink for filesystem layout reasons. But this is the opposite case, and dpkg certainly has enough information to know it is safe. [Andreas

Bug#690155: libsvn-{dev, java, ruby1.8}: missing copyright file after upgrade from squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Andreas Beckmann
On 2012-10-10 19:44, Peter Samuelson wrote: When I say it has enough information, I didn't mean the information is necessarily stored in a convenient form by dpkg. I don't know that. What I mean is: (1) the old package ships /usr/share/doc/$pkg as a dir, (1) dpkg knows: the old package