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Package: wiki.debian.org
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
there seems to be a small mistake in the upgrade.png diagram displayed as part
of the wiki page http://wiki.debian.org/MaintainerScripts:
* The first line of the diagram states that during package upgrade the sequence
1.2-3->prerm upgrade 1.2-4 -> failed
1.2-4->prerm failed-upgrade 1.2-3 -> failed
1.2-3->postinst abort-upgrade 1.2-4 -> failed
leaves the "old" (1.2-3) package in an "Failed-Config" state.
* I consider this a typo, which should read "Half-Configured", as it is
inconsistent with the first paragraph of section 6.6 "Details of unpack phase
of installation or upgrade" of the Debian Policy Manual. See paragraph "1." in
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase
where it says:
==============================================================================
If a version of the package is already installed, call
old-prerm upgrade new-version
If the script runs but exits with a non-zero exit status, dpkg will attempt:
new-prerm failed-upgrade old-version
If this works, the upgrade continues. If this does not work, the error unwind:
old-postinst abort-upgrade new-version
If this works, then the old-version is "Installed", if not, the old version
is in a "Half-Configured" state.
==============================================================================
* Unfortunately the dia diagram sources
http://www.marga.com.ar/debian/diagrams/upgrade.dia
of the upgrade.png are currently not online any more.
It would be great if contact with the original author could be established
to fix the diagram (and put the sources online).
Thanks for maintaining wiki.debian.org!
Cheers,
Arvid Requate
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--- Begin Message ---
On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 11:19:35AM +0200, Arvid Requate wrote:
> there seems to be a small mistake in the upgrade.png diagram displayed as part
> of the wiki page http://wiki.debian.org/MaintainerScripts:
[..]
The maintainer scripts documentation and flowcharts are nowadays
maintained in the Debian Policy manual. If the problem persists,
please reopen and reassign this bug to src:debian-policy.
C.
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