Re: /usr/include/caml vanished from ocaml
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 08:52:32PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:51:29AM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > > dpkg-reconfigure ocaml
> > Why would I need to do this ? What's the reason for debconfing
> > ocaml?
>
> Oops, sorry, I meant to suggest you to rerun the ocaml postinst script:
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ocaml.postinst
>
> that ricreate the link.
>
> The problem I was thinking about was that in an (not so) ancient version
> of camlidl I used to install an header file directly in
> /usr/include/caml this caused dpkg to remove the symlink and place a
> directory with only my header file.
>
> The current version of camlidl is fixed, but if you had installed an old
> version you probably need to remove them, rerun the ocaml postinst
> script and install the newer version of camlidl afterwards.
Mmm, would it make sense to check in preinst if /usr/include/caml
exists, and use a debconf dialog to inform the user about this, or even
move it around ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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