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has caused the Debian Bug report #394789,
regarding octave2.1-emacsen: conflicts with package otags
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
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[N.B.: This is a bug report filed against the Octave Debian package.]
* Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-10-23 02:20]:
> Package: octave2.1-emacsen
> Version: 1:2.1.73-12
> Severity: normal
>
>
> This package installs a script /usr/bin/otags-x.y and sets up an
> alternative /usr/bin/otags to point to it.
>
> Unfortunately, /usr/bin/otags is a program in the otags package
> (related to Ocaml). Somehow octave2.1-emacsen's postinst overwrites
> the existing binary with the alternative link. I don't understand how
> dpkg allowed that to happen; is it yet another bug in
> update-alternatives? Anyhow, could you rename your otags to, say,
> octtags?
Why don't the Ocaml people change the name of their program to ocaml-tags?
Just kidding...
We could rename our otags program in the Debian package, but I would prefer
that the decision is taken upstream. I am hereby forwarding this bug
report.
--
Rafael
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