On Tue, January 14, 2014 16:40, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Package: moodle > Version: 2.5.3-3 > Severity: serious > > Having libjs-yui-common and libjs-yui-common installed, an upgrade of > moodle from 2.5.3-2 to -3 results in loss of a large number of files > from these two packages. > > What I think happens here is that dpkg first sets the symlink of > /usr/share/moodle/lib/yuilib/3.9.1/build to /usr/share/javascript/yui3, > and then goes on to remove all the files from > /u/s/m/lib/yuilib/3.9.1/build/ that are no longer contained in the new > version of moodle. It *will* follow the symlink and this results in > removal of these files from /usr/share/javascript/yui3 instead. > > This is perfectly reproducable for me: install -2, then upgrade to -3. > > dpkg -L libjs-yui3-common | while read f; do [ -e "$f" ] || echo "$f"; > done > > will list a lot of missing files afterwards. > > Apart from being a policy violation this bug also cripples the > functionality of moodle itself. > > My suggestion would be: > 1. elide the dir removal from preinst > 2. don't include the symlink in the package contents > 3. remove the dir and create the symlink in the postinst > > When transplanting the dir removal code, remember that [ -d ... ] will > return true for a symlink to a directory.
Thanks. I'll investigate early next week. Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
