The name `update-catalog' is not very clear and will likely conflict
with other scripts. Please rename it to update-sgml-catalog.

Wichert.

Hi,

Will do.

Thanks,
Ardo

Wichert Akkerman (wichert@cistron.nl) wrote:

I changed the update-catalog command to be called update-sgmlcatalog. A
quick search revealed, that this name should not conflict with any other
tool.

For the moment I use to create a symlink

update-catalog -> update-sgmlcatalog

to not break any postinsts, ... But I added a short function, which
should issue a warning, if the symlink is called (it will not error
out). This should give us the possibility to make a smooth transition
for lenny+1.

Changes are in SVN, so you can check them.
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-xml-sgml/packages/sgml-base/branches/experimental/?rev=0&sc=0

Regards, Daniel

I changed the update-catalog command to be called update-sgmlcatalog. A
quick search revealed, that this name should not conflict with any other
tool.

For the moment I use to create a symlink

update-catalog -> update-sgmlcatalog

to not break any postinsts, ... But I added a short function, which
should issue a warning, if the symlink is called (it will not error
out). This should give us the possibility to make a smooth transition
for lenny+1.

Changes are in SVN, so you can check them.
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-xml-sgml/packages/sgml-base/branches/experimental/?rev=0&sc=0

Regards, Daniel

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
sgml-base, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

sgml-base_1.99.0.dsc
  to pool/main/s/sgml-base/sgml-base_1.99.0.dsc
sgml-base_1.99.0.tar.gz
  to pool/main/s/sgml-base/sgml-base_1.99.0.tar.gz
sgml-base_1.99.0_all.deb
  to pool/main/s/sgml-base/sgml-base_1.99.0_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 88008@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Leidert (dale) <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de> (supplier of updated sgml-base package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:51:40 +0200
Source: sgml-base
Binary: sgml-base
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.99.0
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Leidert (dale) <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>
Description:
 sgml-base  - SGML infrastructure and SGML catalog file support
Closes: 88008 391609 535992
Changes:
 sgml-base (1.99.0) experimental; urgency=low
 .
   * Makefile: Dropped build system. debian/rules and debhelper are enough.
   * MAKE/include: Ditto.
   * tools/Makefile: Ditto.
   * tools/catalog.centralized: Moved to catalogs/. Fixed comment to point to
     update-sgmlcatalog.
   * tools/catalog.super: Likewise.
   * tools/transitional.cat: Likewise.
   * tools/install-sgmlcatalog: Use POD to document the script.
   * tools/update-catalog: Documented with POD. Renamed to
     tools/update-sgmlcatalog (closes: #88008). Further changes:
     - Enable Perl warnings.
     - If called as update-catalog (compatibility), print a warning.
     - Do not exit with an error using --help/--version (closes: #391609).
     - Fixed --version to print the version and not the help.
   * tools/install-sgmlcatalog.8: Removed. Manual pages are now created during
     build process from the POD documentation.
   * tools/update-catalog.8: Ditto.
 .
   * debian/compat: Increased debhelper compatibility level to 6.
   * debian/control: Added Vcs*, Homepage and DM-Upload-Allowed fields.
     (Uploaders): Added myself.
     (Build-Depends-Indep): Moved debhelper to Build-Depends and increased
     dependency to have dh_lintian available.
     (Build-Depends): Added perl for pod2man.
     (Standards-Version): Bumped to 3.8.2.
     (Description): Fixed paths mentioned.
   * debian/copyright: Updated a bit.
   * debian/rules: Rewritten in parts. Added target for manual pages.
   * debian/sgml-base.dirs: Added to create necessary directories (closes:
     #535992).
   * debian/sgml-base.install: Everything is installed from here.
   * debian/sgml-base.links: Added compatibility links to provide
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   * debian/sgml-base.lintian-overrides: Added to override for intentional
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   * debian/sgml-base.preinst: Dropped. Directories are created by
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   * debian/sgml-base.postinst: update-catalog -> update-sgmlcatalog change.
   * debian/sgml-base.prerm: Ditto.
   * examples/postinst: Ditto.
   * examples/prerm: Ditto.
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Daniel Leidert wrote:

Thanks. :)

[...]

Sure, there is no law against this.  Perhaps the warning could be
suppressed with --remove, so normal upgrades would not see it?

This would also require a bump in $sgmlbasever.  I suppose that's
fine.  I can send patches to sgml-base and debhelper along these lines
if you'd like.

I like the idea of a compatibility command (for non-Debian packages
and for release team sanity) but also think a mass binary-nmu would be
a good idea.

Thanks again.  I've always been pretty happy with how SGML and XML
support (and especially docbook) are packaged in Debian.

Regards,
Jonathan