On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 02:39:57PM +0100, Daniel Kobras wrote: > tag 351262 + pending > thanks
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 04:15:48PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 05:49:06PM +0100, Braun Gabor wrote: > > > > Trying to install the package failed: > > > > dpkg: error processing > > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/graphicsmagick_1.1.7-2_i386.deb (--unpack): > > > > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man4/miff.4.gz', which is also > > > > in package imagemagick > > > This is not the version of imagemagick in either unstable or current > > > testing, where miff.4 (and quantize.5) are no longer present. As > > > graphicsmagick was only just introduced, there shouldn't be any upgrade > > > issues from sarge to etch, either, so I don't think this bug is release > > > critical. > > Sorry, it is. Partial upgrades from sarge to etch must be supported, > > including installing new packages from etch on a sarge system. > > > Anyway, I'll add a conflict with the sarge version to facilitate > > > backports. > > A simple Replaces: would probably be better for the upgrade path. > To clarify: You want us to support having imagemagick from sarge > installed + pulling in graphicsmagick from etch, but pulling > graphicsmagick from etch + later installing imagemagick from sarge is > intentionally left broken? For now I've added the Replaces, but I think > that's a half-baked solution. It's not broken; current dpkg understands that Replaces: should take effect even if the replaced package is installed after the package that replaces it. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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