On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 07:49:19PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:39:25PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > It is a symlink to dpkg... but dpkg doesn't replace existing directories > > by a symlink so you ended up that way. I don't know which version of the > > package provided a real directory. In any case, the proper fix is likely to > > remove the (real) empty directory in preinst IIRC. > > While that might be true, at least in the history recorded by SVN there > is no point where this was a real directory...
to be more specific: dpkg (1.4.1.14) unstable; urgency=low [...] * Make /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev a symlink to /usr/share/doc/dpkg -- Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 5 Oct 1999 19:19:05 +0200 Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
