Re: [Sks-devel] problem with Debian squeeze

[Kiss Gabor (Bitman)]

> > This was bug #594103 and there are instructions in
> 
> Sorry for the duplicated bug report.
> 
> > /usr/share/doc/sks/README.Debian
> 
> I'm a bit confused.
> 
> Do you mean the normal workflow of Debian upgrade is
> 1. download manually the .deb file
> 2. read and follow instructions carefully
> 3. install package manually
> for all the thousands of installed packages
> instead of simple "aptitude dist-upgrade"? :-)
> 
> IMHO its are postrm and postinst scripts that should be do
> necessary checks and warn user if manual intervention is required
> as well as disabling start of upgraded daemon.
> 
> > (apt should have given you a news item about it when you upgraded the
> > package?)
> 
> I don't know exactly what happens if a NEWS file is provided.
> Will it appear on the screen during upgrade?

Meanwhile Christoph Martin (Debian package maintainer) also replied
and it seems that some warning should be displayed during
the upgrade.
Unfortunately I could see nothing like this.
This is the source of confusion.

Regards

Gabor