Your message dated Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:21:54 +0200 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#1142185: ncurses-term has an undeclared file conflict on /usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon has caused the Debian Bug report #1142216, regarding ncurses-term has an undeclared file conflict on /usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: ncurses-term Version: 6.6+20260608-2 Severity: serious User: [email protected] Usertags: fileconflict Control: affects -1 + kmscon ncurses-term has an undeclared file conflict. This may result in an unpack error from dpkg. The file /usr/share/terminfo/k/kmscon is contained in the packages * kmscon/10.0.1-1~bpo13+1 as present in trixie-backports * ncurses-term/6.6+20260608-2 as present in forky|unstable These packages can be unpacked concurrently, because there is no relevant Replaces or Conflicts relation. Attempting to unpack these packages concurrently results in an unpack error from dpkg, because none of the packages installs a diversion for the affected file. Kind regards Helmut Grohne
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--- Begin Message ---Package: kmscon Version: 0.0.1-1~bpo13+2 On 2026-07-16 19:18 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2026-07-16 17:50 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> The kmscon package in trixie-backports explicitly depends on >> ncurses-term (<< 6.6+20260608~) in an attempt to avoid the problem, but >> you are right that this is not sufficient because the unpack order on >> upgrades to forky is not defined, so there is a 50% chance to run into >> the file conflict depending on whether kmscon or ncurses-term is >> unpacked first. >> >> Prior art suggests that moving the file in kmscon/trixie-backports to >> /usr/lib/terminfo is a good way to avoid the file clash. I will look >> into this later today if nobody beats me to it. > > The attached patch should do the trick. I have also opened a merge > request[1] on Salsa. Boyan was so kind to promptly accept the merge request and upload the kmscon package. It looks like uploads to -backports do not close bugs, so I am doing it manually. Cheers, Sven
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