reassign debhelper 518919 quit On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 09:22:02AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.41 > Severity: important > > Note that > > - apt generally installs packages by running "dpkg --unpack <packages>" > followed by "dpkg --configure <packages>" and the file trigger is > processed after the unpacking phase. > > - openoffice.org-writer 1:3.0.1-4+b1 was apparently built with debhelper > 7.2.3, where dh_installmenus no longer produces a call to update-menus > in the generated postinst.
Then it is a bug in debhelper. It should still call update-menus in the postinst, (or triggers it using dpkg-trigger). The problem is that menu only display menu entries for configured packages, because unconfigured or half-configured packages generally do not work. Without an explicit trigger in the postinst, dpkg run the trigger before the package is configured and then update-menus ignores it. This is related to bug #473461 which cause update-menus to be run twice in some case which is a regression from Etch. Fixing bug 473461 might alleviate this problem when using apt. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
