[Pkg-freeipmi-devel] Bug#691439: Bug#691439: Acknowledgement (libfreeipmi12: copyright file missing after upgrade (policy 12.5))

[Ferenc Wagner]

Ferenc Wagner <wferi at lant.ki.iif.hu> writes:

> Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de> writes:
>
>> That happens during the sid -> experimental upgrade, not squeeze->wheezy.
>> Same problem with libipmidetect0.
>
> As downloaded from packages.debian.org, libfreeipmi12_1.1.5-4_amd64.deb
> and libipmidetect0_1.1.5-4_amd64.deb contain symlinks, not directories
> under usr/share/doc/, pointing to freeipmi-common.  However, I can
> reproduce the issue:
>
> # dpkg -i freeipmi-common_1.1.5-3_all.deb libipmidetect0_1.1.5-3_amd64.deb
> # dpkg -i freeipmi-common_1.1.5-4_all.deb libipmidetect0_1.1.5-4_amd64.deb
> # ls -ld /usr/share/doc/libipmidetect0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Oct 26 09:31 /usr/share/doc/libipmidetect0
>
> which is certainly wrong.  But at the same time:
>
> # dpkg --purge freeipmi-common libipmidetect0
> # dpkg -i freeipmi-common_1.1.5-4_all.deb libipmidetect0_1.1.5-4_amd64.deb
> # ls -ld /usr/share/doc/libipmidetect0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 11 19:56 /usr/share/doc/libipmidetect0 -> freeipmi-common
>
> which is the intended behaviour.  I'm investigating.

I was tripped up by dpkg feature #404850.  Will fix this.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.