On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 02:13:48AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > Hi, > > Patrick Winnertz wrote: > > please add Conflicts: Iceweasel and Provides: Iceweasel to firefox, > > as it is otherwise not possible to install the firefox package and > > to remove the iceweasel package without installing firefox-esr, too. > > I ran into this, too, when upgrading iceweasel (which pulled in > firefox-esr) and installing firefox in the same aptitude run: > > Preparing to unpack .../firefox-esr_45.0esr-1_amd64.deb ... > Removing 'diversion of /usr/bin/firefox to /usr/bin/firefox.real by iceweasel' > dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting '/usr/bin/firefox' with > different file '/usr/bin/firefox.real', not allowed > dpkg: error processing archive > /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox-esr_45.0esr-1_amd64.deb (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 > Selecting previously unselected package firefox-esr-l10n-de.
No matter how hard I try, I can't reproduce. I also don't understand how that can happen. But since neither of you are copy/pasting full apt logs, I cannot tell much. The only way I can imagine this happening is if iceweasel is not unpacked before firefox-esr. Interestingly, iceweasel unpacking before firefox-esr is related to bug 817908. > > Maybe a Conflicts: firefox-esr is also needed. :-) > > Please don't! And if it's necessary policy-wise, please make firefox > and firefox-esr co-installable as xulrunner-* was in the past. (And > then maybe use update-alternatives for /usr/bin/firefox -- that would > have avoided that issue, too.) > > I'd be great to be able to fall-back to firefox-esr if firefox once > again broke compatibility for XUL applications or plugins while still > being able to to use the current version firefox without them (or to > develop a fix while still being able to use them). Beware that firefox will *not* be released (bug 817954) Mike
