Missing files

[Sasha Tsykin]

Bob Nielsen wrote:
> While trying compilation source code recently, I had some error 
> messages about missing some includes.  I checked and the files were 
> not there.  I know that they should have been included in an installed 
> package, but somehow they do not exist on my system.  Reinstalling 
> that package did not correct the situation.  Here are the specifics:
>
> $ apt-file list libax25 |grep include
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/ax25io.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/axconfig.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/axlib.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/daemon.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/kernel_ax25.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/kernel_netrom.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/kernel_rose.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/mheard.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/nrconfig.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/procutils.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/rsconfig.h
> libax25-dev: usr/include/netax25/ttyutils.h
>
>
> $ dpkg -L libax25|grep include
>
> My /usr/include/netax25 directory only includes ax25.h, which is 
> installed by libc6-dev.  If the other files are not there, why doesn't 
> reinstalling libax25 correct the problem?
>
> This is on a breezy system (upgraded from hoary which was upgraded 
> from a warty installation).  I have another computer which was a fresh 
> breezy install and these files exist on that system.  Is there 
> something broken with apt-get or dpkg which would cause files to not 
> be installed?
>
>
>
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a bug maybe?

Sasha