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[Mario Schwalbe <schwalbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: fortunes-ubuntu-server

The karmic package of fortunes-ubuntu-server contains an empty directory
/usr/share/games/fortune, which shoudn't be there.

$ ls -ld /usr/share/games/fortune*
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2009-08-26 21:35 /usr/share/games/fortune
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 2010-02-16 23:59 /usr/share/games/fortunes
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2009-11-09 12:56 /usr/share/games/fortunes-de

$ ls -l /usr/share/games/fortune
total 0K

$ dpkg -S /usr/share/games/fortune
fortunes-ubuntu-server: /usr/share/games/fortune

$ apt-cache policy fortunes-ubuntu-server
fortunes-ubuntu-server:
  Installed: 0.2
  Candidate: 0.2
  Version table:
 *** 0.2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: fortunes-ubuntu-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Superfluous empty directory /usr/share/games/fortune in package
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523076
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Status in “fortunes-ubuntu-server” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: fortunes-ubuntu-server

The karmic package of fortunes-ubuntu-server contains an empty directory /usr/share/games/fortune, which shoudn't be there.

$ ls -ld /usr/share/games/fortune*
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2009-08-26 21:35 /usr/share/games/fortune
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 2010-02-16 23:59 /usr/share/games/fortunes
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 2009-11-09 12:56 /usr/share/games/fortunes-de

$ ls -l /usr/share/games/fortune
total 0K

$ dpkg -S /usr/share/games/fortune
fortunes-ubuntu-server: /usr/share/games/fortune

$ apt-cache policy fortunes-ubuntu-server
fortunes-ubuntu-server:
  Installed: 0.2
  Candidate: 0.2
  Version table:
 *** 0.2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status