[devscripts] 01/01: manpage-alert: address symlink created by postinst etc.

[Osamu Aoki]

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commit 1823cf36753b0da469d979ec98cb6fa250e4f98a
Author: Osamu Aoki <osamu at debian.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 11 20:39:01 2016 +0000

    manpage-alert: address symlink created by postinst etc.
---
 scripts/manpage-alert.sh | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/manpage-alert.sh b/scripts/manpage-alert.sh
index dea8950..5e8b3d8 100755
--- a/scripts/manpage-alert.sh
+++ b/scripts/manpage-alert.sh
@@ -48,9 +48,17 @@ EOF
 }
 
 showpackage() {
-    PKGNAME="$(LANG=C dpkg-query -S "$1" 2> /dev/null || true )"
+    F="$1"
+    PKGNAME="$(LANG=C dpkg-query -S "$F" 2> /dev/null || true )"
+    # symlink may be created by postinst script for alternatives etc.,
+    if [ -z "$PKGNAME" ]; then
+        F=$(readlink -f "$F")
+        PKGNAME="$(LANG=C dpkg-query -S "$F" 2> /dev/null || true )"
+    fi
     if [ -n "$PKGNAME" ]; then
         echo "$PKGNAME" | sed -e 's/diversion by \(.+\) to:/\1/'
+    else
+        echo "unknown_package: $F"
     fi
 }
 

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