Hi, On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 02:02:13PM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > This is caused by using Replaces without corresponding Breaks. > > The installation sequence to reproduce this problem is > > apt-get install libreoffice-common/jessie > # (1) > apt-get install ure/stretch > apt-get remove ure/stretch
Which is not really helpful given it will basically remove LO, too. But only the arch-dep parts, so yes, the "properly but not properly installed" libreoffice-common stays. I was starting to say "downgrades are not supported" but.. That probably explains #801152 I tried a upgrade/downgrade in #801152 but probably because I did it "the right way" the issue didn't appear. > This is a serious bug violating policy 7.6, see > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces > and also see the footnote that describes this incorrect behavior > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/footnotes.html#f53 ... this makes sense, yeah. Regards, Rene P.S: Perfect timing, I almost wanted to upload 1:5.0.3~rc2-1 now :)