Bug#720046: python-django-filters-doc: fails to upgrade from 'testing' - trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc-base/python-django-filter

[Brian May]

On 18 August 2013 08:02, Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> wrote:

> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
> 'testing'.
> It installed fine in 'testing', then the upgrade to 'sid' fails
> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
> Breaks+Replaces relation.
>
> See policy 7.6 at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
>
> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
>   Selecting previously unselected package python-django-filters-doc.
>   Unpacking python-django-filters-doc (from
> .../python-django-filters-doc_0.6-2_all.deb) ...
>   dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/python-django-filters-doc_0.6-2_all.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc-base/python-django-filter', which
> is also in package python-django-filter-doc 0.6-1
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    /var/cache/apt/archives/python-django-filters-doc_0.6-2_all.deb
>

Hello,

Where did you get python-django-filter-doc from?

I don't see it anywhere in Debian:

http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=python-django-filter-doc

As such I am not convinced this is a serious bug, or a bug at all.

Thanks
-- 
Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au>