Let me elaborate the timeline. * Originally fwupdate contained /usr/bin/fwupdate. * It was merged into fwupd and fwupdate went into maintenance only mode. * In Debian we made fwupdate a transition package with nothing in it. This is when the Replaces got put into place.
* Because it was a transition package, there is a chance that a user already removed /var/lib/fwupdate and so a request was put in for fwupd to clean that up. * Later, a compatibility binary /usr/bin/fwupdate was added into fwupd. This performs similar actions as the old fwupdate provided /usr/bin/fwupdate. Hopefully that illustrates the timeline. As fwupdate is a transition package now, I don't know that it makes sense to add the Breaks now, please advise. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 7:28 AM > To: Debian Bug Tracking System > Subject: Bug#960688: fwupd: missing Breaks: fwupdate (<< 12-7) > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Package: fwupd > Version: 1.3.9-4 > Severity: serious > User: debian...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: piuparts replaces-without-breaks > > Hi, > > during a test with piuparts and DOSE tools I noticed your package causes > removal of files that also belong to another package. > This is caused by using Replaces without corresponding Breaks. > > The installation sequence to reproduce this problem is > > apt-get install fwupdate/stable > # (1) > apt-get install fwupd > apt-get remove fwupd > # (2) > > The list of installed files at points (1) and (2) should be identical, > but the following files have disappeared: > > /usr/bin/fwupdate > /usr/share/man/man1/fwupdate.1.gz > /var/lib/fwupdate/ > > This is a serious bug violating policy 7.6, see > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#overwriting- > files-and-replacing-packages-replaces > and also see the footnote that describes this incorrect behavior: > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#id13 > > The fwupd package has the following relationships with fwupdate: > > Conflicts: n/a > Breaks: n/a > Replaces: fwupdate (<< 12-7) > Provides: fwupdate > > >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): > > 0m32.0s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have disappeared: > /usr/bin/fwupdate owned by: fwupd > /usr/share/man/man1/fwupdate.1.gz owned by: fwupd > /var/lib/fwupdate/ owned by: fwupdate > > 0m32.0s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have been modified: > /var/lib/dpkg/info/fwupdate.list not owned > > > cheers, > > Andreas
