Hi, Vasudev Kamath wrote (19 Oct 2013 05:59:12 GMT) : >> It seems to me that the attached patch symlinks >> /usr/share/xmail/sample to /usr/share/doc/xmail/sample (while it >> should do the contrary, right?) and does not move >> /usr/share/doc/xmail/sample to /usr/share/xmail/sample.
> Regarding the symbolic linking excerpt from � 12.3 >>> Packages must not require the existence of any files in /usr/share/doc/ >>> in order to function 7 . Any files that are refer- enced by programs but >>> are also useful as stand alone documentation should be installed under >>> /usr/share/package/ with symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/package. > So did I do something wrong in understanding above? I believe you did it the wrong way. >> Vasudev, did you actually test it with 'dpkg --path-exclude=...'? > Regarding dpkg --path-exclude=... actually I don't know how to execute > this with piuparts as stated in bug report. I also encountered some > other error with piuparts which I mentioned in the bug report reply. I think you should install the patched package without piuparts, but with dpkg --path-exclude=, see if it installs and configures fine, look at the resulting symlinks, and see if it makes sense to you :) (Or I am totally misunderstanding your path, which is possible too.) >> Also, although a minor issue, unrelated whitespace changes are >> generally not well suited for a NMU. > Are you referring to new lines introduced by me or is there any > whitespace in patch? I just did a white space cleanup on patch let me > know if its fine. The attached patch removes an empty line somewhere unrelated to its purpose. That's what I call "unrelated changes". Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
