[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#477751: tackling this bug

[Joey Hess]

Helmut Grohne wrote:
> I agree that the complexity should not reside in debhelper templates.
> However that is already the case. The entire code that is responsible
> for #88010 already is contained in debhelper. It is debhelper's prerm
> that removes the package catalog from the root catalog. And it is
> debhelper's postinst that removes the package catalog file. Those are
> two removals shipped in current debhelper and they are causing the harm.
> One of those removals is done using /bin/rm (out of scope of sgml-base)
> and the other removal is a call to update-catalog --quiet --remove
> --super /etc/sgml/$package.cat. Turning this into a no-op is error prone
> on its own as it might legitimately be invoked that way from a user.

I'm not suggesting that the existing code, as currently present in
package maintainer scripts everywhere, should somehow implement this
transition.

But update-catalog can get new switches that handle the transition, and
debhelper can update the code to use them.

-- 
see shy jo
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