The problems here are that the old vim packages, 7.0-035+1ubuntu5, are
broken:
* vim-tiny sets up slave links /usr/share/man/ru.UTF-8/man1/vim.1.gz
etc. but the vim-tiny archive does not contain those directories
so that if a new vim-common is unpacked the alternative becomes
broken. (These directories are in the vim-common package.)
* vim-tiny does not remove the alternatives on prerm upgrade, only
on prerm remove. The effect is that when the package is upgraded
the old alternatives hang around.
Depending on the order of events during upgrade, either vim-common or
vim-tiny may be unpacked first and if you're unlucky things break.
Additionally:
* update-alternatives will sometimes foolishly try to create and then
remove the slave link when there is no provided alternative.
To fix this we will do the following:
* vim-common will be changed to contain /usr/share/man/ru.UTF-8/man1
as an empty directory. This will have to remain until the next
Ubuntu LTS to avoid problems with upgrades from Dapper.
* update-alternatives will be changed not to try to create the slave
link if it's going to delete it again straight away.
Ian.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ian Jackson
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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vim-tiny postinst fails
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84906
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