Bug#466083: debhelper: problem with update-icon-caches

[Josselin Mouette]

reassign 466083 libgtk2.0-bin
thanks

On sam, 2008-02-16 at 14:14 +0100, Simon Pepping wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 6.0.5
> Severity: normal
> 
> After installation of a third party package with autopackage, the
> generated cache for /usr/share/icons/hicolor was invalid. No further
> information was given. This error prevents removal and upgrades of
> packages where update-icon-caches is the last command in the postrm
> script and thus determines the exit code, e.g. openoffice.org-common.
> 
> While the problem with the icon cache was real and not related to
> update-icon-caches, the information is too little and the consequences
> of serious upgrade problems are too severe. This should be improved.

I guess we can display a big warning if gtk-update-icon-cache fails, and
exit without error to allow the upgrade to proceed nevertheless.

Would that be OK for you?

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