Bug#945339: libslepc3.11-dev-examples: postinst uses /usr/share/doc content (Policy 12.3): /usr/share/doc/libslepc3.11-dev-examples/examples/config/cmakegen.py

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: libslepc3.11-dev-examples
Version: 3.11.2+dfsg1-1
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

a test with piuparts revealed that your package uses files from
/usr/share/doc in its maintainer scripts which is a violation of
Policy 12.3: "Packages must not require the existence of any files in
/usr/share/doc/ in order to function."
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#additional-documentation

These files must be moved to /usr/share/$PACKAGE and may be symlinked
from /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE.

This piuparts test prevents the installation of (most) files into
/usr/share/doc with 'dpkg --path-exclude=...'.

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

  Setting up python3 (3.7.5-1) ...
  [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/doc/libslepc3.11-dev-examples/examples/config/cmakegen.py'
  error running python rtupdate hook libslepc3.11-dev-examples
  dpkg: error processing package python3 (--configure):
   installed python3 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 4
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libslepc3.11-dev-examples:
   libslepc3.11-dev-examples depends on python3:any; however:
    Package python3 is not configured yet.
  
  dpkg: error processing package libslepc3.11-dev-examples (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.29-3) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   python3
   libslepc3.11-dev-examples


Cheers,

Andreas
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