Bug#703415: code-aster{, -mpi}-engine: fails to install: code-aster-engine.postinst: cannot create /etc/codeaster/aster: Directory nonexistent

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: code-aster-engine,code-aster-mpi-engine
Version: 11.3.0-2-2
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As
per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for
a release, thus the severity.

>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):

  Selecting previously unselected package code-aster-engine.
  (Reading database ... 8592 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking code-aster-engine (from .../code-aster-engine_11.3.0-2-2_amd64.deb) ...
  Setting up code-aster-engine (11.3.0-2-2) ...
  + CODEASTER_VERSION=STA11.3
  + pyversions -d
  + perl -pi -e s|python||g
  + dc_pyvers=2.7
  + ln -sf /usr/lib/codeaster/STABLE/config-py2.7.txt /usr/lib/codeaster/STABLE/config.txt
  + ln -sf /usr/lib/codeaster/STABLE /usr/lib/codeaster/STA11.3
  + ln -sf /var/lib/codeaster/STABLE /var/lib/codeaster/STA11.3
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/code-aster-engine.postinst: 18: /var/lib/dpkg/info/code-aster-engine.postinst: cannot create /etc/codeaster/aster: Directory nonexistent
  + /usr/sbin/update-codeaster-engines
  dpkg: error processing code-aster-engine (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   code-aster-engine

The missing directory should be shipped as an empty directory in the package
s.t. dpkg will handle creation and removal.

Don't forget to disable the set -x noise.


cheers,

Andreas
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