Bug#780429: snmp-mibs-downloader: postinst uses /usr/share/doc content (Policy 12.3): /usr/share/doc/mibrfcs/*

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: snmp-mibs-downloader
Version: 1.1
Severity: serious
User: debian-***@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

a test with piuparts revealed that your package uses files from
/usr/share/doc in its maintainer scripts which is a violation of
Policy 12.3: "Packages must not require the existence of any files in
/usr/share/doc/ in order to function."
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.3

These files must be moved to /usr/share/$PACKAGE and may be symlinked
from /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE.

This piuparts test prevents the installation of (most) files into
/usr/share/doc with 'dpkg --path-exclude=...'.
Selecting previously unselected package snmp-mibs-downloader.
(Reading database ...
Preparing to unpack .../snmp-mibs-downloader_1.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking snmp-mibs-downloader (1.1) ...
Setting up snmp-mibs-downloader (1.1) ...

Downloading documents and extracting MIB files.
This will take some minutes.

In case this process fails, it can always be repeated later by executing
/usr/bin/download-mibs again.

cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/doc/mibrfcs/*': No such file or directory
Downloading the MIBs failed.

Please check your Internet connection and run download-mibs again.

dpkg: error processing package snmp-mibs-downloader (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
snmp-mibs-downloader


Cheers,

Andreas

PS: it's probably OK to tag this bug jessie-ignore

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

Hi,

Post by Andreas Beckmann
a test with piuparts revealed that your package uses files from
/usr/share/doc in its maintainer scripts which is a violation of
Policy 12.3: "Packages must not require the existence of any files in
/usr/share/doc/ in order to function."
cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/doc/mibrfcs/*': No such file or directory
Downloading the MIBs failed.

I've taken a look and this is a rather core piece of functionality for
this package. Moving the files around is not impossible, but seems not

Post by Andreas Beckmann
PS: it's probably OK to tag this bug jessie-ignore

I agree.


Cheers,
Thijs

[Guillem Jover]

Hi!

Post by Andreas Beckmann
Package: snmp-mibs-downloader
Version: 1.1
Severity: serious
Usertags: piuparts
a test with piuparts revealed that your package uses files from
/usr/share/doc in its maintainer scripts which is a violation of
Policy 12.3: "Packages must not require the existence of any files in
/usr/share/doc/ in order to function."
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.3
These files must be moved to /usr/share/$PACKAGE and may be symlinked
from /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE.
This piuparts test prevents the installation of (most) files into
/usr/share/doc with 'dpkg --path-exclude=...'.

I've prepared an update of this package fixing this and many of the
other filed issues. I'll be testing and preparing a NMU this week.

Thanks,
Guillem

[Jochen Friedrich]

Hi Guillem,

cool, thanks.

Regards, Jochen

Post by Guillem Jover
Hi!

Post by Andreas Beckmann
Package: snmp-mibs-downloader
Version: 1.1
Severity: serious
Usertags: piuparts
a test with piuparts revealed that your package uses files from
/usr/share/doc in its maintainer scripts which is a violation of
Policy 12.3: "Packages must not require the existence of any files in
/usr/share/doc/ in order to function."
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.3
These files must be moved to /usr/share/$PACKAGE and may be symlinked
from /usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE.
This piuparts test prevents the installation of (most) files into
/usr/share/doc with 'dpkg --path-exclude=...'.

I've prepared an update of this package fixing this and many of the
other filed issues. I'll be testing and preparing a NMU this week.
Thanks,
Guillem

[Guillem Jover]

Hi!

Post by Jochen Friedrich

Post by Guillem Jover
I've prepared an update of this package fixing this and many of the
other filed issues. I'll be testing and preparing a NMU this week.

cool, thanks.

I was planning on sending the patches to the BTS, and then probably
issue a delayed upload. But maybe you prefer if I push my changes
somewhere and you pull those, and do the the upload yourself? Or for
me to just push to the collab-maint git repo and do a direct upload?

I'm happy to do whatever works best for you. Otherwise I'll default to
the first option. :)

Thanks,
Guillem

[Jochen Friedrich]

Hi Guillem,

Post by Guillem Jover
I was planning on sending the patches to the BTS, and then probably
issue a delayed upload. But maybe you prefer if I push my changes
somewhere and you pull those, and do the the upload yourself? Or for
me to just push to the collab-maint git repo and do a direct upload?

It's OK to push to git a do a direct upload.

Thanks,
Jochen

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