Hello I believe the 'ag' script in python-ase will change its name to ase-gui in future upstream versions. Jens Jørgen (CC'd), isn't that correct?
Either way, two-letter script names are probably a very bad idea unless they are OS commands or something like that. Best regards Ask 2013/7/27 Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org>: > Package: python-ase,silversearcher-ag > Severity: serious > User: trei...@debian.org > Usertags: edos-file-overwrite > > Architecture: amd64 > Distribution: jessie > > 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 unselected package python-ase. > Unpacking python-ase (from .../python-ase_3.6.0.2515-1.1_all.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/python-ase_3.6.0.2515-1.1_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/ag', which is also in package > silversearcher-ag 0.15~pre+20130512-1 > dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/python-ase_3.6.0.2515-1.1_all.deb > > This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail, and violates > sections 7.6.1 and 10.1 of the policy. An optimal solution would > consist in only one of the packages installing that file, and renaming > or removing the file in the other package. Depending on the > circumstances you might also consider Replace relations or file > diversions. If the conflicting situation cannot be resolved then, as a > last resort, the two packages have to declare a mutual > Conflict. Please take into account that Replaces, Conflicts and > diversions should only be used when packages provide different > implementations for the same functionality. > > Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages > (according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be > slightly out of sync): > > usr/bin/ag > usr/share/man/man1/ag.1.gz > > This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of > the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will > resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package. You may > also register in the BTS that the other package is affected by the bug. > > Cheers, > > Andreas > > PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors > of this kind see http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
