Bug#363113: libsdl1.2-dev: uninstallation quirk

[David Liontooth]

Package: libsdl1.2-dev
Version: 1.2.9-5+b1
Severity: minor


The package doesn't give a correct uninstall receipt, but appears to uninstall:

# apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsdl1.2-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/734kB of archives.
After unpacking 2929kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl1.2-dev.
(Reading database ... 162101 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsdl1.2-dev (from .../libsdl1.2-dev_1.2.9-5+b1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up libsdl1.2-dev (1.2.9-5+b1) ...

# wajig status libsdl1.2-dev
Package                 Installed       Previous        Now             State
=======================-===============-===============-===============-=====
libsdl1.2-dev           1.2.9-5+b1      1.2.9-5+b1      1.2.9-5+b1      install

# apt-get remove libsdl1.2-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libsdl1.2-dev
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 2929kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 162358 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libsdl1.2-dev ...
Document `libsdl1.2-dev' is not installed, cannot remove.

# wajig status libsdl1.2-dev
Package                 Installed       Previous        Now             State
=======================-===============-===============-===============-=====
libsdl1.2-dev           N/A             1.2.9-5+b1      1.2.9-5+b1

In fact the files appear to have been removed:

ls: /usr/share/doc/libsdl1.2-dev: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/share/doc-base/libsdl1.2-dev: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/share/man/man1/sdl-config.1.gz: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/share/aclocal/sdl.m4: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/include/SDL: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/lib/libSDL.a: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/lib/libSDLmain.a: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/lib/libSDL.la: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/bin/sdl-config: No such file or directory
ls: /usr/lib/libSDL.so: No such file or directory


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages libsdl1.2-dev depends on:
ii  libaa1-dev                    1.4p5-30   ascii art library, development kit
ii  libartsc0-dev                 1.5.2-1    development files for the aRts sou
ii  libasound2-dev                1.0.10-2   ALSA library development files
ii  libaudio-dev                  1.7-7      The Network Audio System (NAS). (d
ii  libdirectfb-dev               0.9.24-3   frame buffer graphics library, dev
ii  libesd0-dev                   0.2.36-3   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Develop
ii  libglu1-mesa-dev [libglu-dev] 6.4.1-0.4  The OpenGL utility library -- deve
ii  libglu1-xorg-dev              1:7.0.12   transitional package for Debian et
ii  libsdl1.2debian               1.2.9-5+b1 Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libxext-dev                   1:1.0.0-3  X11 miscellaneous extensions libra
ii  libxt-dev                     1:1.0.0-3  X11 toolkit intrinsics library (de

libsdl1.2-dev recommends no packages.

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