Package: libreadline-gplv2-dev Version: 5.2-11 Severity: serious User: trei...@debian.org Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
Date: 2012-04-23 Architecture: amd64 Distribution: squeeze->wheezy (partial) upgrade Hi, automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has detected the following problem: Selecting previously deselected package libreadline-gplv2-dev. Unpacking libreadline-gplv2-dev (from .../libreadline-gplv2-dev_5.2-11_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libreadline-gplv2-dev_5.2-11_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/info/readline.info.gz', which is also in package libreadline6-dev 6.1-3 This is a serious bug as it makes installation/upgrade fail, and violates sections 7.6.1 and 10.1 of the policy. As this problem can be demonstrated during partial upgrades from squeeze to wheezy (but not within squeeze or wheezy itself), this indicates a missing or insufficiently versioned Replaces/Breaks relationship. But since this particular upgrade ordering is not forbidden by any dependency relationships, it is possible that apt (or $PACKAGE_MANAGER) will use this erroneus path on squeeze->wheezy upgrades. Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages (according to the Contents files for amd64, which may be slightly out of sync): usr/include/readline/chardefs.h usr/include/readline/history.h usr/include/readline/keymaps.h usr/include/readline/readline.h usr/include/readline/rlconf.h usr/include/readline/rlstdc.h usr/include/readline/rltypedefs.h usr/include/readline/tilde.h usr/share/info/history.info.gz usr/share/info/readline.info.gz The following relationships are currently defined: Package: libreadline-gplv2-dev Source: readline5 Version: 5.2-11 Replaces: libreadline5-dev Depends: libreadline5 (= 5.2-11), libtinfo-dev, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info Conflicts: libreadline-dev, libreadline5-dev -Andreas PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors of this kind see http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/.
libreadline6-dev=6.1-3_libreadline-gplv2-dev=5.2-11.log.gz
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