Do not remove symlink to directory if an installed package use it
On 17/07/12 13:53, Allan McRae wrote:
> If a packge has a directory (e.g. /lib -> usr/lib), do not allow
package... directory symlink...
> it to be removed if any other package is trying to install a file
> into that path (e.g. /lib/foo). This is because the local database
> can become invalidated if the symlink is removed after then package
s/then/the/
> with file /lib/foo is installed (sync702.py). If the symlink is
> removed before the file is installed (sync701.py), the upgrade is
> actually a success, but we can not guarantee the ordering so both
> cases should fail.