Package: libgsl23 Version: 2.4+dfsg-3 Severity: grave Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
like the subject says libgsl lacks some breaks and replaces, that breaks the upgrade path: % LANG=C sudo apt -f install :( Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libgsl23 Suggested packages: gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf | gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html The following NEW packages will be installed: libgsl23 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 28 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/914 kB of archives. After this operation, 2.887 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 537126 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libgsl23_2.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgsl23:amd64 (2.4+dfsg-3) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgsl23_2.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgslcblas.so.0.0.0', which is also in package libgsl2:amd64 2.4+dfsg-2 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libgsl23_2.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) The following should fix that diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 5e12819..486169d 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ Architecture: any Multi-Arch: same Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends} Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} +Breaks: libgsl2 Conflicts: gsl, libgsl0, libgsl0ldbl -Replaces: gsl, libgsl0 (<= 1.9-4), libgsl0ldbl (<= 1.16+dfsg-4) +Replaces: gsl, libgsl0 (<= 1.9-4), libgsl0ldbl (<= 1.16+dfsg-4), libgsl2 Suggests: gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf | gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html Description: GNU Scientific Library (GSL) -- library package The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for Cheers Alf -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers buildd-unstable APT policy: (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.12.4-towo.2-siduction-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE= (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libgsl23 depends on: ii libc6 2.24-14 libgsl23 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libgsl23 suggests: pn gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf | gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html <none> -- no debconf information