Comment 0 for bug 194574

Binary package hint: cdbs

Hi,

cdbs should only place symlinks to a depending package in /usr/share/doc in case there the same (for ubuntu: source)-version is specified.

consider the following
source pacakge pfoo builds A and B
A depends on B

-> symlinks get created for /usr/share/doc/B/somefile -> ../A/somefile

pfoo is a new version.
A gets upgraded on a users system, B doesn't.
The new A doesn't contain /usr/share/doc/A/somefile any longer.

OTOH a >= dependency would equally fail:
A stays the same on the users system, B gets updated
the new A can contain a new doc entry someotherfile.
hence the new B contains a symlink to ../A/someotherfile
the old A on the users system doesn't containt that file.

This is an ubuntu only bug.

Cheers,
     Stefan.