vim-doc: Preinst script is broken

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #280824 http://bugs.debian.org/280824

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #280824 http://bugs.debian.org/280824

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:18:56 -0500
From: Kevin McCarty <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: vim-doc: Preinst script is broken

Package: vim-doc
Version: 1:6.3-031+1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi,

Trying to install the latest version of vim-doc causes a long set of error
messages to be printed out:

# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-doc_1%3a6.3-031+1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 96101 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace vim-doc 1:6.3-013+2 (using .../vim-doc_1%3a6.3-031+1_all.deb) ...
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc//Debian': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc//FAQ': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc//HOWTO': Is a directory
[snip]
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc//zsh-doc': Is a directory
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-doc_1%3a6.3-031+1_all.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the preinst.
I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc? Good thing you didn't use rm -r,
that would really have been a pain to fix :-P

#! /bin/sh -e

if [ ! -h /usr/share/doc/$pkg ] ; then
  if [ -d /usr/share/doc/$pkg ] ; then
    rm -f /usr/share/doc/$pkg/*
    rmdir /usr/share/doc/$pkg/
  fi
fi

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

-- no debconf information

regards,

--
Kevin B. McCarty <email address hidden> Physics Department
WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University
GPG public key ID: 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544

[Norbert Tretkowski (tretkowski)]

* Kevin McCarty wrote:
[...]
> The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the
> preinst. I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc?

Yupp, 1:6.3-031+2 is compiling currently, and will be uploaded in a
few hours.

Norbert

[Kevin B. McCarty (kmccarty)]

package vim-doc
merge 280824 280825
retitle 280824 vim-doc: Preinst deletes symlinks in /usr/share/doc
thanks

On 11/11/2004 06:06 PM, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> * Kevin McCarty wrote:
> [...]
>
>>The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the
>>preinst. I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc?
>
>
> Yupp, 1:6.3-031+2 is compiling currently, and will be uploaded in a
> few hours.

Hmm, I just noticed that the preinst _does_ delete non-hidden symlinks
and regular files (although there probably shouldn't be any of the
latter) in /usr/share/doc. I am merging with 280825 and retitling
accordingly, so people running apt-listbugs know they _really_ don't
want to install this before the fix comes in with tomorrow's dinstall run.

regards,

--
Kevin B. McCarty <email address hidden> Physics Department
WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University
GPG public key ID: 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:06:11 +0100
From: Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden>
To: Kevin McCarty <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#280824: vim-doc: Preinst script is broken

* Kevin McCarty wrote:
[...]
> The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the
> preinst. I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc?

Yupp, 1:6.3-031+2 is compiling currently, and will be uploaded in a
few hours.

Norbert

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:38:31 -0500
From: "Kevin B. McCarty" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
CC: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#280824: vim-doc: Preinst script is broken

package vim-doc
merge 280824 280825
retitle 280824 vim-doc: Preinst deletes symlinks in /usr/share/doc
thanks

On 11/11/2004 06:06 PM, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> * Kevin McCarty wrote:
> [...]
>
>>The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the
>>preinst. I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc?
>
>
> Yupp, 1:6.3-031+2 is compiling currently, and will be uploaded in a
> few hours.

Hmm, I just noticed that the preinst _does_ delete non-hidden symlinks
and regular files (although there probably shouldn't be any of the
latter) in /usr/share/doc. I am merging with 280825 and retitling
accordingly, so people running apt-listbugs know they _really_ don't
want to install this before the fix comes in with tomorrow's dinstall run.

regards,

--
Kevin B. McCarty <email address hidden> Physics Department
WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University
GPG public key ID: 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544

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*** Bug 10230 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Thomas Hood (jdthood-localhost)]

merge 280824 280865

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Message-Id: <20041112072528.385C210D634@localhost>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:25:28 +0100 (CET)
From: <email address hidden> (Thomas Hood)
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: merging 280824 280865

merge 280824 280865

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

*** Bug 10238 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Norbert Tretkowski (tretkowski)]

Source: vim
Source-Version: 1:6.3-031+2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
vim, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

kvim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-common_6.3-031+2_all.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-common_6.3-031+2_all.deb
vim-doc_6.3-031+2_all.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-doc_6.3-031+2_all.deb
vim-gnome_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-gnome_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-gtk_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-gtk_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-lesstif_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-lesstif_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim_6.3-031+2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim_6.3-031+2.diff.gz
vim_6.3-031+2.dsc
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim_6.3-031+2.dsc
vim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden> (supplier of updated vim package)

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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:56:12 +0100
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Architecture: source alpha all
Version: 1:6.3-031+2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian VIM Group <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden>
Description:
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 kvim-ruby - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version with Ruby scripting support
 kvim-tcl - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version with TCL scripting support
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[Thomas Hood (jdthood-localhost)]

tags 280824 sid

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 03:17:07 -0500
From: Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#280824: fixed in vim 1:6.3-031+2

Source: vim
Source-Version: 1:6.3-031+2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
vim, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

kvim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
kvim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/kvim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-common_6.3-031+2_all.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-common_6.3-031+2_all.deb
vim-doc_6.3-031+2_all.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-doc_6.3-031+2_all.deb
vim-gnome_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-gnome_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-gtk_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-gtk_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-lesstif_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-lesstif_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-perl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-python_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-ruby_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim-tcl_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
vim_6.3-031+2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim_6.3-031+2.diff.gz
vim_6.3-031+2.dsc
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim_6.3-031+2.dsc
vim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb
  to pool/main/v/vim/vim_6.3-031+2_alpha.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden> (supplier of updated vim package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:56:12 +0100
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Architecture: source alpha all
Version: 1:6.3-031+2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian VIM Group <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden>
Description:
 kvim - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version
 kvim-perl - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version with Perl scripting support
 kvim-python - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version with Python scripting support
 kvim-ruby - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version with Ruby scripting support
 kvim-tcl - Vi IMproved - KDE 3.x version with TCL scripting support
 vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
 vim-common - Vi IMproved - Common files
 vim-doc - Vi IMpro...

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-Id: <20041112083944.D6FC310D590@localhost>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:39:44 +0100 (CET)
From: <email address hidden> (Thomas Hood)
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: tagging 280824

tags 280824 sid

[Norbert Tretkowski (tretkowski)]

* Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> * Kevin McCarty wrote:
> [...]
> > The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the
> > preinst. I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc?
>
> Yupp, 1:6.3-031+2 is compiling currently, and will be uploaded in a
> few hours.

Fix is in incoming.

Norbert

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:16:49 +0100
From: Norbert Tretkowski <email address hidden>
To: Kevin McCarty <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#280824: vim-doc: Preinst script is broken

* Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> * Kevin McCarty wrote:
> [...]
> > The problem appears to be an undefined variable "$pkg" in the
> > preinst. I guess $pkg is supposed to be vim-doc?
>
> Yupp, 1:6.3-031+2 is compiling currently, and will be uploaded in a
> few hours.

Fix is in incoming.

Norbert

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

The fixed version is in Hoary.