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
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