[Python-apps-team] Bug#691704: /usr/share/doc/cython-dbg is empty on upgrade

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

Thank you Dmitry -- I will test it out now.

Cheers,

On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:

> Control: tags -1 confirmed patch

> Hi Yaroslav,

> This problem is manifesting on "cython-dbg" upgrade from testing to
> unstable. Please find the attached patch to fix this problem.

> > do you know any related bug report / discussion?

>     https://wiki.debian.org/MissingCopyrightFile

> (I hope you'll find the above link helpful).

> Thanks.

> Cheers,
>  Dmitry Smirnov
>  GPG key : 4096R/53968D1B

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> From 9e9d0201bda38760c7d1c3fcc4cb8c460bdcc77a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob at member.fsf.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:02:16 +1000
> Subject: [PATCH] cython-dbg.postinst: Fixed directory to symlink upgrade
>  (Closes: #691704).

> ---
>  debian/cython-dbg.postinst | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 debian/cython-dbg.postinst

> diff --git a/debian/cython-dbg.postinst b/debian/cython-dbg.postinst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..16c0a8b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/debian/cython-dbg.postinst
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +
> +set -e
> +
> +## https://wiki.debian.org/MissingCopyrightFile
> +## Replace documentation directory with symlink
> +docdir="/usr/share/doc/cython"
> +if [ -d "${docdir}-dbg" ] && [ ! -h "${docdir}-dbg" ]; then
> +    rmdir "${docdir}-dbg" 2>/dev/null \
> +    && ln -sf "${docdir}" "${docdir}-dbg" \
> +    || echo "W: Unable to remove \"${docdir}-dbg\" -- not empty?"
> +fi
> +
> +#DEBHELPER#
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Yaroslav O. Halchenko, Ph.D.
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