Bug#793183: dpkg ignores symbolic link in gcc-multilib package

2015-08-12 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Thu, 2015-07-23 at 10:36:33 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: On 07/22/15 15:19, Guillem Jover wrote: If dpkg is unreliable, then what are the package signatures good for? I'm not sure which package signatures you're talking about. But, no, this is very old “expected” behavior, it's

Bug#793183: dpkg ignores symbolic link in gcc-multilib package

2015-07-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi Guillem, On 07/22/15 15:19, Guillem Jover wrote: If dpkg is unreliable, then what are the package signatures good for? I'm not sure which package signatures you're talking about. But, no, this is very old “expected” behavior, it's documented both in the dpkg FAQ: I can assure you that

Bug#793183: dpkg ignores symbolic link in gcc-multilib package

2015-07-22 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.16 gcc-multilib (4:4.7.2-1, amd64) provides a symbolic link for /usr/include/asm # dpkg --contents /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-multilib_4%3a4.7.2-1_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-09-27 02:02 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-09-27 02:02 ./usr/

Bug#793183: dpkg ignores symbolic link in gcc-multilib package

2015-07-22 Thread Guillem Jover
Control: forcemerge 406715 -1 Control: severity -1 wishlist Hi! On Wed, 2015-07-22 at 09:27:14 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.16 gcc-multilib (4:4.7.2-1, amd64) provides a symbolic link for /usr/include/asm On some Wheezy hosts in my net /usr/include/asm is a