Bug#690133: mozilla-plugin-vlc: installs files over existing /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc -> vlc-nox symlink, overwriting files from vlc-nox

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: mozilla-plugin-vlc
Version: 2.0.0-1
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

during a test with piuparts I noticed your package overwrites files from
vlc-nox on upgrades from squeeze because it does not handle an old
/usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc symlink properly. This symlink should
be removed in the preinst script on upgrades. dpkg intentioanlly does
not replace directories with symlinks or vice versa.

>From the attached log:

1m2.5s INFO: dirname part contains a symlink:
  /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc/changelog.Debian.gz != /usr/share/doc/vlc-nox/changelog.Debian.gz (mozilla-plugin-vlc)
  /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc/changelog.gz != /usr/share/doc/vlc-nox/changelog.gz (mozilla-plugin-vlc)
  /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc/copyright != /usr/share/doc/vlc-nox/copyright (mozilla-plugin-vlc)

1m3.6s ERROR: FAIL: debsums reports modifications inside the chroot:
  /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc/changelog.Debian.gz
  /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc/changelog.gz
  /usr/share/doc/mozilla-plugin-vlc/copyright

cheers,

Andreas
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