[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#255472: Installation fails. cannot stat `/usr/share/sgml-base/catalog.super'

[Ardo van Rangelrooij]

Hi,

I knew there was a reason I didn't make the preinst and the postrm symmetrical.
And this was it.  Oh well...

Anyway, thanks for spotting this.  I just uploaded a new version.

Thanks,
Ardo

Andreas Metzler (ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org) wrote:
> Package: sgml-base
> Version: 1.23
> Severity: serious
> 
> --------------------
> /tmp XX:> dpkg -i sgml-base_1.23_all.deb 
> Selecting previously deselected package sgml-base.
> (Reading database ... 15885 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking sgml-base (from sgml-base_1.23_all.deb) ...
> cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/sgml-base/catalog.super': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing sgml-base_1.23_all.deb (--install):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  sgml-base_1.23_all.deb
> --------------------
> 
> Which is caused by this bit in preinst:
>     [ ! -f /etc/sgml/catalog ] \
>         && cp -a /usr/share/sgml-base/catalog.super /etc/sgml/catalog
> 
> Obviously you cannot access files in sgml-base in its preinst script,
> as it runs *before* the package is unpacked.
>               cu andreas
> -- 
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> Neal Stephenson in "Snow Crash"
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