Control: tags 1142216 + patch On 2026-07-16 17:50 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Control: clone -1 -2 > Control: reassign -2 kmscon 10.0.1-1~bpo13+1 > Control: affects -2 = > Control: block -1 by -2 > > Am 16.07.2026 um 12:39 schrieb Helmut Grohne: > >> Package: ncurses-term >> Version: 6.6+20260608-2 >> Severity: serious >> User: [email protected] >> Usertags: fileconflict >> Control: affects -1 + kmscon >> >> ncurses-term has an undeclared file conflict. This may result in an >> unpack error from dpkg. >> >> The file /usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon is contained in the packages >> * kmscon/10.0.1-1~bpo13+1 as present in trixie-backports >> * ncurses-term/6.6+20260608-2 as present in forky|unstable >> >> These packages can be unpacked concurrently, because there is no >> relevant Replaces or Conflicts relation. Attempting to unpack these >> packages concurrently results in an unpack error from dpkg, because none >> of the packages installs a diversion for the affected file. > > The kmscon package in trixie-backports explicitly depends on > ncurses-term (<< 6.6+20260608~) in an attempt to avoid the problem, but > you are right that this is not sufficient because the unpack order on > upgrades to forky is not defined, so there is a 50% chance to run into > the file conflict depending on whether kmscon or ncurses-term is > unpacked first. > > Prior art suggests that moving the file in kmscon/trixie-backports to > /usr/lib/terminfo is a good way to avoid the file clash. I will look > into this later today if nobody beats me to it. The attached patch should do the trick. I have also opened a merge request[1] on Salsa. Cheers, Sven 1. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/kmscon/-/merge_requests/3
From f82d47700f72eec9cbe7303c582df0f7d9b6690b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Joachim <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:59:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Install the kmscon terminfo entry into /usr/lib/terminfo This avoids a possible file conflict with ncurses-term when upgrading from trixie-backports to forky. Although the dependencies ensure that kmscon and ncurses-term are upgraded together, the unpack order is not deterministic, and if forky's ncurses-term is unpacked before kmscon dpkg will complain. The terminfo library looks into both /usr/share/terminfo and /lib/terminfo, so install the kmscon terminfo file into the latter and drop the dependency on ncurses-term. --- debian/control | 1 - debian/kmscon.install | 2 +- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 4a566c1..1cfca68 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Package: kmscon Architecture: any Multi-Arch: foreign Depends: - ncurses-term (<< 6.6+20260608~), init-system-helpers (>> 1.65~), login, ${misc:Depends}, diff --git a/debian/kmscon.install b/debian/kmscon.install index 4be2131..e218d7d 100755 --- a/debian/kmscon.install +++ b/debian/kmscon.install @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ usr/bin/kmscon usr/bin/kmscon-launch-gui usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/kmscon/mod-*.so usr/share/man/man5/kmscon.conf.5 -usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon +usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon usr/lib/terminfo/k -- 2.53.0
