Bug#407411: iceape-browser: Leaves dangling symlinks to /etc/alternatives when package is purged

[Mike Hommey]

severity 407411 serious
tag 407411 pending
thanks

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:55:55AM +0100, Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> wrote:
> tags 407411 patch
> thanks
> On 2007-01-18 Teemu Likonen <tlikonen at iki.fi> wrote:
> > Package: iceape-browser
> > Version: 1.0.7-2
> > Severity: minor
> 
> > After purging the iceape-browser package there are following symlinks
> > left in the /etc/alternatives directory:
> 
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-01-13 11:10 mozilla -> /usr/bin/iceape
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2007-01-13 11:10 mozilla.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/iceape.1.gz
> 
> > /etc/cron.daily/man-db script sends a warning email every day:
> 
> > mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/mozilla.1.gz is a dangling symlink
> 
> Patch attached.
> cu and- I thnk this is normal not minor BTW -reas

I'd say it's RC, actually... Anyways, I already had it fixed in my local
tree, I just didn't commit it. It only differs from your patch in the
rules it applies to: I don't think it's necessary to apply this to
deconfigure, too.

Cheers

Mike