r-doc-html link problems - R-SIG-Debian

Tue, May 3, 2005 5:33 AM #

Hello!

I have a Debian package r-doc-html 2.1.0-1 and I can't find the HTML files
of manuals. Contents of the package are:

$ dpkg -S r-doc-html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/changelog.Debian.gz
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-data.html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-lang.html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/copyright
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-intro.html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-FAQ.html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-admin.html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual/R-exts.html
r-doc-html: /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html/manual

$ cd /usr/share/doc/r-doc-html
$ ll
total 24K
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 12K 2005-04-19 03:32 changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 12K 2005-04-18 23:29 copyright
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  25 2005-01-03 12:44 manual ->
../../../lib/R/doc/manual/

$ cd manual
$ pwd
/usr/lib/R/doc/manual
$ ll
total 9.1M
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   41 2005-05-03 12:20 R-admin.html ->
../../../../lib/R/doc/manual/R-admin.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 252K 2005-02-21 02:34 R-admin.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   40 2005-05-03 12:20 R-data.html ->
../../../../lib/R/doc/manual/R-data.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 266K 2005-02-21 02:34 R-data.pdf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 6.6M 2005-02-21 02:34 refman.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   40 2005-05-03 12:20 R-exts.html ->
../../../../lib/R/doc/manual/R-exts.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 561K 2005-02-21 02:34 R-exts.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   39 2005-05-03 12:20 R-FAQ.html ->
../../../../lib/R/doc/manual/R-FAQ.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 398K 2005-02-21 02:34 R-FAQ.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   41 2005-05-03 12:20 R-intro.html ->
../../../../lib/R/doc/manual/R-intro.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 647K 2005-02-21 02:34 R-intro.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   40 2005-05-03 12:20 R-lang.html ->
../../../../lib/R/doc/manual/R-lang.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 410K 2005-02-21 02:34 R-lang.pdf

This links point to them selves. Should I report this to
http://bugs.debian.org/r-doc-html?

I appologize for wrapping.

Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc

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Dirk Eddelbuettel

Tue, May 3, 2005 6:20 AM #

On 3 May 2005 at 12:31, Gregor GORJANC wrote:

| Hello!
| 
| I have a Debian package r-doc-html 2.1.0-1 and I can't find the HTML files
| of manuals. Contents of the package are:

"It works for me", i.e. 'dpkg -c' on the uninstalled .deb shows the manuals
in /usr/lib/R/doc/manual/ and the links under /usr/share/doc/r-base-html.

| This links point to them selves. Should I report this to
| http://bugs.debian.org/r-doc-html?

Someone made the same bug report to me before, and I couldn't replicate it.
It looks like it happens during upgrades.  Try purgeing the package, and
re-installing.

| I appologize for wrapping.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but not knowing what caused it and seeing the
package itself intact I am not sure what alter.

Regards, Dirk

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he 
predicted yesterday didn't happen today.  --  Laurence J. Peter

Gregor Gorjanc

Tue, May 3, 2005 6:38 AM #

Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

Yap, that helped. Thank you Dirk!

Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc

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University of Ljubljana
Biotechnical Faculty        URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan
Zootechnical Department     mail: gregor.gorjanc <at> bfro.uni-lj.si
Groblje 3                   tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861
SI-1230 Domzale             fax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888
Slovenia, Europe
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"One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it,
 you have no certainty until you try." Sophocles ~ 450 B.C.

Dirk Eddelbuettel

Tue, May 3, 2005 6:54 AM #

On 3 May 2005 at 13:36, Gregor GORJANC wrote:

| Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

| > On 3 May 2005 at 12:31, Gregor GORJANC wrote:

| > | Hello!
| > | 
| > | I have a Debian package r-doc-html 2.1.0-1 and I can't find the HTML files
| > | of manuals. Contents of the package are:
| > 
| > "It works for me", i.e. 'dpkg -c' on the uninstalled .deb shows the manuals
| > in /usr/lib/R/doc/manual/ and the links under /usr/share/doc/r-base-html.
| > 
| > | This links point to them selves. Should I report this to
| > | http://bugs.debian.org/r-doc-html?
| > 
| > Someone made the same bug report to me before, and I couldn't replicate it.
| > It looks like it happens during upgrades.  Try purgeing the package, and
| > re-installing.
| Yap, that helped. Thank you Dirk!

Any idea what your directory structure was like before, or which version you
were upgrading from?  If there was something the package could during the
preinst phase it would help.

Dirk

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he 
predicted yesterday didn't happen today.  --  Laurence J. Peter