Package: dpkg Version: 1.13.25 Severity: normal hi
summary of bug 406689: mozilla-imagezoom installs those files and dirs: $ dpkg-deb -c mozilla-imagezoom_0.2.7-7_all.deb | grep usr/lib/iceape drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2006-12-28 05:55 ./usr/lib/iceape/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2006-12-28 05:55 ./usr/lib/iceape/defaults/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2006-12-28 05:55 ./usr/lib/iceape/defaults/pref/ lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2006-12-28 05:55 ./usr/lib/iceape/defaults/pref/imagezoom-defaults.js -> /etc/mozilla-extensions/imagezoom.js then iceape-browser would like to install this symlink # dpkg-deb -c /d/archives/iceape-browser_1.0.7-2_i386.deb | grep usr/lib/iceape/defa lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2007-01-04 21:17 ./usr/lib/iceape/defaults -> ../../share/iceape/defaults The two requests are incompatible. The choice of dpkg is to silently ignore the iceape symlink. As a result, iceape is unusable. I think that dpkg should not silently ignore the symlink. I think that dpkg should stop installing iceape-browser and return an error. thanks for your attention a. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7 Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 5.97-5.2 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone)
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