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Am 25.06.2015 um 18:27 schrieb Debian Bug Tracking System:
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> #789897: failure on upgrade, file conflict with zenmap
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>  nmap (6.47-6) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * ndiff: Added versioned Conflicts (Closes: #789897)


A versioned Conflicts is not the right fix when moving files between
packages.

You should use
Breaks: foo (<< $ver)
Replaces: foo (<< $ver)

With $ver being the version where the file was moved around.
See the debian policy I quoted.

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