On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 12:55:10AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Package: rsplib-dev
> Version: 1.0.0-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: upgrades from sarge to etch fail

> When testing rsplib-dev with piuparts, specifically upgrades from sarge
> via etch to sid, I get the following error:

>   Unpacking replacement rsplib-dev ...
>   dpkg: error
> processing /var/cache/apt/archives/rsplib-dev_1.0.0-1_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/librsplib.so', which is also in package
> rsplib1

> This happened during the upgrade from sarge to etch. An installation
> directly into a clean sid chroot does work. I assume the librsplib.so
> file shouldn't be in both packages. In case it helps, dpkg or apt-get
> decided to upgrade rsplib1 only after rsplib-dev. The whole piuparts log
> file is about 185 kilobytes, so I won't attach it, but I'd be glad to
> mail it on request.

If /usr/lib/librsplib.so is the only file that conflicts, then the correct
fix for this is for rsplib-dev to Replace: rsplib1, without conflicting.

Cheers,
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