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and subject line Bug#458691: fixed in mime-support 3.43-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #458691,
regarding mime-support: Registers an incompatible alternative for /usr/bin/view
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Package: mime-support
Version: 3.40-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 10.1
See bug 457898 for context. As a result of that wishlist item,
mime-support started registering /usr/bin/see as an alternative for
/usr/bin/view. The /usr/bin/view alternative exists for vi
implementations, such as vim, to provide the traditional name "view"
for invoking a read-only vi on a file. /usr/bin/see clearly does not
provide the same functionality, so registering this alternative
violates Policy 10.1:
> Two different packages must not install programs with different
> functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs
> having the same functionality but different implementations is
> handled via "alternatives" or the "Conflicts" mechanism. See
> Maintainer Scripts, Section 3.9 and Conflicting binary packages -
> Conflicts, Section 7.3 respectively.) If this case happens, one of
> the programs must be renamed. The maintainers should report this to
> the debian-devel mailing list and try to find a consensus about
> which program will have to be renamed. If a consensus cannot be
> reached, both programs must be renamed.
Worse yet, mime-support registers /usr/bin/see with a higher priority
than existing contenders for the /usr/bin/view alternative, so
installing mime-support will now immediately break the expected
functionality of view.
Please have mime-support stop registering /usr/bin/see as an
alternative for /usr/bin/view, and have it unregister the alternative
when upgrading from versions of mime-support which registered the
alternative.
- Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
mime-support depends on no packages.
Versions of packages mime-support recommends:
ii file 4.21-4 Determines file type using "magic"
-- no debconf information
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Source: mime-support
Source-Version: 3.43-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mime-support, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
mime-support_3.43-1.dsc
to pool/main/m/mime-support/mime-support_3.43-1.dsc
mime-support_3.43-1.tar.gz
to pool/main/m/mime-support/mime-support_3.43-1.tar.gz
mime-support_3.43-1_all.deb
to pool/main/m/mime-support/mime-support_3.43-1_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated mime-support package)
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Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:43:44 +0200
Source: mime-support
Binary: mime-support
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.43-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
mime-support - MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and support programs
Closes: 458691 484482
Changes:
mime-support (3.43-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Change "view" alternative priority to be very low so any vi install will
take precedence (closes: 458691)
* Generate md5sums file (closes: 484482)
Files:
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130a59562d8ef7416862b00db49a7018 31070 net standard mime-support_3.43-1.tar.gz
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