[Pkg-sysvinit-commits] r880 - in sysvinit/trunk/debian: . sysv-rc

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Author: pere
Date: 2006-09-08 15:07:44 +0000 (Fri, 08 Sep 2006)
New Revision: 880

Modified:
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog
   sysvinit/trunk/debian/sysv-rc/postinst
Log:
Print a warning when upgrading from the broken versions.

Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog	2006-09-08 14:21:51 UTC (rev 879)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/changelog	2006-09-08 15:07:44 UTC (rev 880)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     rc*.d/ symlinks, fixing bug introduced in 2.86.ds1-16.  Patch from
     Arjan Oosting. (Closes: #386500) Added entry in NEWS file to give
     clues on how to fix the breakage in upgraded packages introduced
-    by this.
+    by this.  Print a warning when upgrading from the broken versions.
   * Change checkroot.sh to use a private tmpfs file system for its
     device file if it is missing from /dev/. (Closes: #386347)
   * Also create possibly non-existant parent directory of lock directory

Modified: sysvinit/trunk/debian/sysv-rc/postinst
===================================================================
--- sysvinit/trunk/debian/sysv-rc/postinst	2006-09-08 14:21:51 UTC (rev 879)
+++ sysvinit/trunk/debian/sysv-rc/postinst	2006-09-08 15:07:44 UTC (rev 880)
@@ -3,9 +3,38 @@
 # sysv-rc postinst
 #
 
+report_upgrade_problem() {
+
+    # Not using debconf as it would introduce a new dependency.
+    echo
+    echo "WARNING:"
+    echo "WARNING: You are upgrading from version $oldver of sysv-rc which"
+    echo "WARNING: broke upgrade of other packages.  Please read"
+    echo "WARNING: /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/NEWS.Debian.gz for instructions"
+    echo "WARNING: on how to recover."
+    echo "WARNING:"
+    echo
+
+    # Not using 'read' to avoid breaking non-interactive
+    # installations.
+    echo "Will continue in 10 seconds"
+    sleep 10
+}
+
 case "$1" in
   configure)
 	oldver=$2
+        #
+        # In 2.86.ds1-16 (2006-09-06), a broken version of update-rc.d
+        # was uploaded.  It broke the upgrades of other packages.  The
+        # problem was fixed in version 2.86.ds1-18.  Warn the user and
+        # let him know how to recover from the problem.
+        #
+	if dpkg --compare-versions "$oldver" ge "2.86.ds1-16" &&
+	   dpkg --compare-versions "$oldver" lt "2.86.ds1-18"
+	then
+		report_upgrade_problem "$oldver"
+	fi
 	;;
   abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
 	exit 0