Bug#345387: tries to overweite stuff in xlibs; missing Replaces:?
This one time, at band camp, Kurt Roeckx said: On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 11:25:02PM +, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Kurt Roeckx said: xlibs should get removed, so I think it should be a Conflicts. Surely nothing so drastic as removing xlibs is necessary for moving a file between packages? The versioned conflicts/replaces/etc magic is probably all that's necessary. xlibs is a transitional package that should get removed in the 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 version. The binary package shouldn't exist at all anymore. That would make some sense, but there seems like an awful lot of stuff still to move out if it's only a transition package: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -L xlibs | wc -l 357 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l xlibs ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries metapackage and XKB data Take care, -- - | ,''`.Stephen Gran | | : :' :[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `'Debian user, admin, and developer | |`- http://www.debian.org | - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#345387: tries to overweite stuff in xlibs; missing Replaces:?
This one time, at band camp, Kurt Roeckx said: xlibs should get removed, so I think it should be a Conflicts. Surely nothing so drastic as removing xlibs is necessary for moving a file between packages? The versioned conflicts/replaces/etc magic is probably all that's necessary. -- - | ,''`.Stephen Gran | | : :' :[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `'Debian user, admin, and developer | |`- http://www.debian.org | - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#345387: tries to overweite stuff in xlibs; missing Replaces:?
On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 11:25:02PM +, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Kurt Roeckx said: xlibs should get removed, so I think it should be a Conflicts. Surely nothing so drastic as removing xlibs is necessary for moving a file between packages? The versioned conflicts/replaces/etc magic is probably all that's necessary. xlibs is a transitional package that should get removed in the 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 version. The binary package shouldn't exist at all anymore. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#345387: tries to overweite stuff in xlibs; missing Replaces:?
On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 01:55:04AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: Package: xlibs-data Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Severity: serious Hi, on my just-ended dist-upgrade (sorry, german, but what happens should be obvious, ask if not.. [...] Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von xlibs-data 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (durch .../xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Entpacke Ersatz für xlibs-data ... dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb (--unpack): versuche »/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ar« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket xlibs ist dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste getötet mit Signal (Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe)) Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (durch .../xlibs_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Entpacke Ersatz für xlibs ... [...] I got the same thing: Preparing to replace xlibs-data 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (using .../xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs-data ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ar', which is also in package xlibs dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to replace xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (using .../xlibs_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... Preparing to replace xlibs-pic 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (using .../xlibs-pic_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs-pic ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) xlibs should get removed, so I think it should be a Conflicts. Kurt
Bug#345387: tries to overweite stuff in xlibs; missing Replaces:?
Package: xlibs-data Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Severity: serious Hi, on my just-ended dist-upgrade (sorry, german, but what happens should be obvious, ask if not.. [...] Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von xlibs-data 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (durch .../xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Entpacke Ersatz für xlibs-data ... dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs-data_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb (--unpack): versuche »/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ar« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket xlibs ist dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste getötet mit Signal (Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe)) Vorbereiten zum Ersetzen von xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 (durch .../xlibs_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_all.deb) ... Entpacke Ersatz für xlibs ... [...] -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-powerpc Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) -- no debconf information signature.asc Description: Digital signature
