Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.33 Severity: important dpkg fails to install a package if it conflicts & replaces more than one package at a time ! It's a big problem for me because I'm willing to package util-linux 2.9g-6 for sparc (slink release) and this one has to replace 2 packages: fdisk & clock (previously dedicated to sparc but now provided by util-linux). Therefore I added fdisk & clock to the Conflicts & Replaces fields of util-linux but I cannot install it :-((
I tried to track down this problem. It seems this is the call to <check_conflict> (process_archive (processarc.c) around the line #249) which is the culprit by providing only one cell to store the <conflictor> package. However my knowledge of dpkg is so limited that I don't know how to fix it. You can reproduce this problem by making 3 dumb packages: p1, p2, p3 (I attached a diff file with their Debian's control file so you can build them with dpkg --build command immediately). Install p1 & p2, then try to install p3 (it conflicts & remplaces p1 & p2). # dpkg -i p3.deb Selecting previously deselected package p3. dpkg: considering removing p1 in favour of p3 ... dpkg: yes, will remove p1 in favour of p3. dpkg: regarding p3.deb containing p3: p3 conflicts with p2 p2 (version 1) is installed. dpkg: error processing p3.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing p3 Errors were encountered while processing: p3.deb Is there a chance to see this bug fixed in slink ? Thanks in advance. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)
--- TEST/p1/DEBIAN/control Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970 +++ TEST/p1/DEBIAN/control Sat Jan 30 22:06:56 1999 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Package: p1 +Version: 1 +Section: base +Priority: required +Architecture: all +Installed-Size: 1 +Maintainer: toto +Description: p1 --- TEST/p2/DEBIAN/control Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970 +++ TEST/p2/DEBIAN/control Sat Jan 30 22:07:08 1999 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Package: p2 +Version: 1 +Section: base +Priority: required +Architecture: all +Installed-Size: 2 +Maintainer: toto +Description: p2 --- TEST/p3/DEBIAN/control Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970 +++ TEST/p3/DEBIAN/control Sat Jan 30 22:29:07 1999 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Package: p3 +Version: 1 +Section: base +Priority: required +Architecture: all +Conflicts: p1, p2 +Replaces: p1, p2 +Installed-Size: 1 +Maintainer: toto +Description: p3
