Package: live-helper Version: 1.0~a27-1 File: /usr/share/live-helper/data/debian-cd/
On an amd64 machine which had the following upgrade path: .../dpkg.log.1:2007-08-31 install live-helper <none> 1.0~a24-1 .../dpkg.log:2007-09-04 upgrade live-helper 1.0~a24-1 1.0~a25-1 .../dpkg.log:2007-09-06 upgrade live-helper 1.0~a25-1 1.0~a26-1 .../dpkg.log:2007-09-10 upgrade live-helper 1.0~a26-1 1.0~a27-1 debsums gives the following: /usr/share/live-helper/data/debian-cd/etch/i386_udeb_include FAILED /usr/share/live-helper/data/debian-cd/etch/exclude-udebs FAILED /usr/share/live-helper/data/debian-cd/etch/i386_netinst_udeb_include FAILED /usr/share/live-helper/data/debian-cd/etch/i386_businesscard_udeb_include FAILED /usr/share/live-helper/data/debian-cd/etch/powerpc_udeb_include FAILED Likely due to the following wrongness: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-09-10 05:07 etch lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-09-04 10:28 lenny -> etch lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2007-09-10 05:07 sid -> lenny I think the rule is: dpkg will not replace a directory with a symlink or a symlink with a directory. So it's necessary when converting a pathname between the two types to rm it in preinst, probably conditionally on its existence, the version, and its target (and perhaps the existence thereof). Ideal is inverse support in postrm abort-upgrade to undo that change. _______________________________________________ debian-live-devel mailing list debian-live-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel
