Followup-For: Bug #789452 Control: tag -1 - moreinfo + patch Hi,
it took some time, but I finally tried the Breaks and repeated the failing piuparts test with the resulting package, which went smoothly. Patch attached. Andreas
diff -Nru sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/changelog sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/changelog --- sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/changelog 2015-06-25 11:06:02.000000000 +0200 +++ sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/changelog 2015-07-19 23:46:53.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +sip4 (4.16.8+dfsg-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + [ Andreas Beckmann ] + * python-sip: Add Breaks against obsolete and buggy transitional + package python-sip4-dbg to ensure its removal. (Closes: #789452) + + -- Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:23:29 +0200 + sip4 (4.16.8+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Fix package names in error messages in sipconfig files. diff -Nru sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/control sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/control --- sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/control 2015-06-25 11:05:48.000000000 +0200 +++ sip4-4.16.8+dfsg/debian/control 2015-07-19 21:25:21.000000000 +0200 @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Breaks: python-qscintilla (<< 2.7.2), python-qwt5-qt4 (<< 5.2.1~cvs20091107+dfsg-7~), python-qwt3d-qt4 (<< 0.1.7~cvs20090625-12~), - python-qt4 (<< 4.10.2~) + python-qt4 (<< 4.10.2~), + python-sip4-dbg, Description: Python/C++ bindings generator runtime library SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes with some ideas borrowed from SWIG, but capable of tighter bindings because of its