Bug#813223: marked as done (gcj-native-helper: unhandled symlink to directory conversion: /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE)

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and subject line Bug#813223: fixed in java-common 0.57
has caused the Debian Bug report #813223,
regarding gcj-native-helper: unhandled symlink to directory conversion: 
/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE
to be marked as done.

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Package: gcj-native-helper
Version: 2:1.8-54
Severity: serious
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

an upgrade test with piuparts revealed that your package installs files
over existing symlinks and possibly overwrites files owned by other
packages. This usually means an old version of the package shipped a
symlink but that was later replaced by a real (and non-empty)
directory. This kind of overwriting another package's files cannot be
detected by dpkg.

This was observed on the following upgrade paths:

  sid -> experimental

For /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE this may not be problematic as long as both
packages are installed, ship byte-for-byte identical files and are
upgraded in lockstep. But once one of the involved packages gets
removed, the other one will lose its documentation files, too,
including the copyright file, which is a violation of Policy 12.5:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile

For other overwritten locations anything interesting may happen.

Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace directories with symlinks
and vice versa, you need the maintainer scripts to do this.
See in particular the end of point 4 in
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase

It is recommended to use the dpkg-maintscript-helper commands
'dir_to_symlink' and 'symlink_to_dir' (available since dpkg 1.17.14)
to perform the conversion, ideally using d/$PACKAGE.maintscript.
Do not forget to add 'Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}' in d/control.
See dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) and dh_installdeb(1) for details.


>From the attached log (usually somewhere in the middle...):

2m19.1s ERROR: FAIL: silently overwrites files via directory symlinks:
  /usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper/changelog.gz (gcj-native-helper) != 
/usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/changelog.gz (default-jre-headless)
/usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper -> default-jdk
/usr/share/doc/default-jdk -> default-jre
/usr/share/doc/default-jre -> default-jre-headless
  /usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper/copyright (gcj-native-helper) != 
/usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/copyright (default-jre-headless)
/usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper -> default-jdk
/usr/share/doc/default-jdk -> default-jre
/usr/share/doc/default-jre -> default-jre-headless

2m23.8s ERROR: FAIL: debsums reports modifications inside the chroot:
  /usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/changelog.gz
  /usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/copyright


cheers,

Andreas


gcj-native-helper_2:1.8-54.log.gz
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: java-common
Source-Version: 0.57

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
java-common, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 813...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Matthias Klose  (supplier of updated java-common package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:34:49 +0100
Source: java-common
Binary: java-common default-jre default-jre-headless default-jdk 
default-jdk-headless default-jdk-doc default-java-plugin gcj-native-helper
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 0.57
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers 

Changed-By: Matthias Klose 
Description:
 default-java-plugin - Default Java Plugin for running applets and Java Web 
Start applic
 default-jdk - Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit
 default-jdk-doc - Standard Java or Java compatible 

Bug#813223: marked as done (gcj-native-helper: unhandled symlink to directory conversion: /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE)

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Your message dated Fri, 05 Feb 2016 03:58:06 +
with message-id 
and subject line Bug#813223: fixed in java-common 0.55
has caused the Debian Bug report #813223,
regarding gcj-native-helper: unhandled symlink to directory conversion: 
/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gcj-native-helper
Version: 2:1.8-54
Severity: serious
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

an upgrade test with piuparts revealed that your package installs files
over existing symlinks and possibly overwrites files owned by other
packages. This usually means an old version of the package shipped a
symlink but that was later replaced by a real (and non-empty)
directory. This kind of overwriting another package's files cannot be
detected by dpkg.

This was observed on the following upgrade paths:

  sid -> experimental

For /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE this may not be problematic as long as both
packages are installed, ship byte-for-byte identical files and are
upgraded in lockstep. But once one of the involved packages gets
removed, the other one will lose its documentation files, too,
including the copyright file, which is a violation of Policy 12.5:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile

For other overwritten locations anything interesting may happen.

Note that dpkg intentionally does not replace directories with symlinks
and vice versa, you need the maintainer scripts to do this.
See in particular the end of point 4 in
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase

It is recommended to use the dpkg-maintscript-helper commands
'dir_to_symlink' and 'symlink_to_dir' (available since dpkg 1.17.14)
to perform the conversion, ideally using d/$PACKAGE.maintscript.
Do not forget to add 'Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}' in d/control.
See dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) and dh_installdeb(1) for details.


>From the attached log (usually somewhere in the middle...):

2m19.1s ERROR: FAIL: silently overwrites files via directory symlinks:
  /usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper/changelog.gz (gcj-native-helper) != 
/usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/changelog.gz (default-jre-headless)
/usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper -> default-jdk
/usr/share/doc/default-jdk -> default-jre
/usr/share/doc/default-jre -> default-jre-headless
  /usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper/copyright (gcj-native-helper) != 
/usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/copyright (default-jre-headless)
/usr/share/doc/gcj-native-helper -> default-jdk
/usr/share/doc/default-jdk -> default-jre
/usr/share/doc/default-jre -> default-jre-headless

2m23.8s ERROR: FAIL: debsums reports modifications inside the chroot:
  /usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/changelog.gz
  /usr/share/doc/default-jre-headless/copyright


cheers,

Andreas


gcj-native-helper_2:1.8-54.log.gz
Description: application/gzip
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: java-common
Source-Version: 0.55

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
java-common, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 813...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Emmanuel Bourg  (supplier of updated java-common package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:42:57 +0100
Source: java-common
Binary: java-common default-jre default-jre-headless default-jdk 
default-jdk-doc default-java-plugin gcj-native-helper
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 0.55
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers 

Changed-By: Emmanuel Bourg 
Description:
 default-java-plugin - Default Java Plugin for running applets and Java Web 
Start applic
 default-jdk - Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit
 default-jdk-doc - Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit