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and subject line Bug#808068: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #664754,
regarding gnuspool: removal of gnuspool makes files disappear from lpr
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Package: gnuspool
Version: 1.7
Severity: serious
User: [email protected]
Usertags: piuparts replaces-without-breaks
Hi,
during a test with piuparts and EDOS 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 lpr
# (1)
apt-get install gnuspool
apt-get remove gnuspool
# (2)
The list of installed files at points (1) and (2) should be identical,
but the following files have disappeared:
/usr/bin/lpq
/usr/bin/lpr
/usr/bin/lprm
/usr/share/man/man1/lpq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lpr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lprm.1.gz
This is a serious bug violating policy 7.6, see
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
and also see the footnote that describes this incorrect behavior
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/footnotes.html#f53
The gnuspool package has the following relationships with lpr:
Conflicts: n/a
Breaks: n/a
Replaces: lpr
Provides: lpr, lprng
>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
0m32.9s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have disappeared:
/usr/bin/lpq owned by: gnuspool
/usr/bin/lpr owned by: gnuspool
/usr/bin/lprm owned by: gnuspool
/usr/share/man/man1/lpq.1.gz owned by: gnuspool
/usr/share/man/man1/lpr.1.gz owned by: gnuspool
/usr/share/man/man1/lprm.1.gz owned by: gnuspool
0m32.9s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have been modified:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/lpr.list not owned
cheers,
lpr=1:2008.05.17+nmu1_gnuspool=1.7.log.gz
Description: GNU Zip compressed data
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.7+nmu1+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package gnuspool has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/808068
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
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Luca Falavigna (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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