Package: netdata Version: 2.0.3+dfsg-1 Severity: serious Tags: patch Control: affects -1 + netdata-core User: helm...@debian.org Usertags: dep17p1
Hi Daniel, your nedata upload is a restructuring upload where files move between packages. You also uploaded to experimental. Thank you very much for taking the experimental detour. As a result, the /usr-move analyzer (dumat) was able to analyze your upload there an identify a problem. In bookworm, netdata-core installs /lib/systemd/system/netdata.service while in experimental netdata installs /usr/lib/systemd/system/netdata.service. If you were to upgrade, that file would be lost, because dpkg would be unable to figure out that those actually refer to the same file. The upgrade scenario is thus broken at this time, but it only affects people upgrading from bookworm to experimental just yet. To get more background on what the precise problem and proposed solution is, please refer to https://subdivi.de/~helmut/dep17.html sections P1 and M7. I propose changing the correctly declared Breaks + Replaces to Conflicts and thus force apt to remove netdata-core before unpacking netdata. There still is a risk of loss in case someone upgrades with dpkg directly, but we deemed that risk quite low. In case a file is actually lost, reinstalling the package resolves the problem. I am attaching a patch for the proposed change. Please do another upload to experimental including my patch and wait three days. If you don't hear from me, please assume that no further problems caused by /usr-move arise. Sorry for the inconvenience caused by this transition Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog --- netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog 2024-11-25 18:14:34.000000000 +0100 +++ netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/changelog 2024-11-26 08:20:32.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +netdata (2.0.3+dfsg-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Fix ineffective Replaces (DEP17 P1 M7) (Closes: #-1) + * /lib/systemd/system/netdata.service moved from / to /usr and from + netdata-core to netdata. Thus upgrade Replaces to Conflicts. + + -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:20:32 +0100 + netdata (2.0.3+dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium * Uploading to experimental. diff --minimal -Nru netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/control netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/control --- netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/control 2024-11-25 18:14:34.000000000 +0100 +++ netdata-2.0.3+dfsg/debian/control 2024-11-26 08:18:48.000000000 +0100 @@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ nc, Breaks: netdata-apache2, - netdata-core (<< 2), netdata-core-no-sse (<< 2), netdata-web, Replaces: netdata-apache2, - netdata-core, netdata-core-no-sse, netdata-web, +Conflicts: + netdata-core (<< 2), Description: real-time performance monitoring Netdata is distributed, real-time, performance and health monitoring for systems and applications. It provides insights of everything happening on the
