Bug#939770: wireshark: Wrong path in pre-install notification

Balint Reczey <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general,gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english
Message-ID <CAG+KjmOikCJbeKjSsBaitNPVbJnXiWqfHdp0nC+vK6egjkH2BQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Justin,

On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 11:48 PM Justin B Rye <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Balint Reczey wrote:
> >> I suggest to change path in the question and make it clear that the
> >> file will only exist after the package is installed – even though a
> >> text mentioning it might be shown before installation is completed.
>
> Thanks for taking the trouble to deal with this!  The patch would work
> as it is, but I've thought of another complication: I might be reading
> this template when no package installation is occurring.  For a start,
> I might give an answer, wait for wireshark to be installed, read the
> README file, and then decide to run "dpkg-reconfigure wireshark" to
> get the same prompt again and give a different answer...
>
> So instead of saying "after the package installation is finished" you
> might change it to something like:
>
>   For more detailed information please see
> - /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.
> + /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common/README.Debian.gz once the package is
> + installed.

Good point. Can I apply this change as the one reviewed?

Cheers,
Balint

>
> --
> JBR     with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
>         sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package



-- 
Balint Reczey
Ubuntu & Debian Developer
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.