Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello I feel a little stupid... :) I'm building a private(!) package with files in /usr/local/bin for a host where /usr/local/ is a symlink. Whenever I remove the package the symlink gets removed by dpkg although there are plenty of (non-Debian maintained) files in /usr/local. I guess this

Re: Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 12:25:25PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: I feel a little stupid... :) I'm building a private(!) package with files in /usr/local/bin for a host where /usr/local/ is a symlink. Whenever I remove the package the symlink gets removed by dpkg although there are

Re: Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Christian Hammers wrote: I'm building a private(!) package with files in /usr/local/bin for a host where /usr/local/ is a symlink. Whenever I remove the package the symlink gets removed by dpkg although there are plenty of (non-Debian maintained) files in /usr/local.

Re: Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Christian Hammers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [dpkg removing symlinks for directories in a package] Is this behaviour unavoidable? Probably. If I'm not mistaken, this is #182747. Kind regards T. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le Mardi 8 Mars 2005 12:25, Christian Hammers a crit: Is this behaviour unavoidable? well you can manually 'fix' with some pre/postrm magic. btw, I don't see the point in packaing in /usr/local .. even for private packages . -- O Pierre Habouzit O OOO

Re: Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello On 2005-03-08 Pierre Habouzit wrote: Le Mardi 8 Mars 2005 12:25, Christian Hammers a écrit : Is this behaviour unavoidable? well you can manually 'fix' with some pre/postrm magic. Any hints for an elegant solution? Sometimes /usr/local is a symlink, sometimes /usr/local/maint...

Re: Regarding /usr/local with private packages

2005-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On 2005-03-08 Pierre Habouzit wrote: Le Mardi 8 Mars 2005 12:25, Christian Hammers a crit: Is this behaviour unavoidable? well you can manually 'fix' with some pre/postrm magic. Any hints for an elegant solution? Sometimes /usr/local is a symlink, sometimes /usr/local/maint... then