It looks to me like the problem here is simply that "dbverify" is a very
generic name being used for a very specific utility.
As far as I can tell, the 'dbverify' utility in Atheme is completely
unrelated to that in 389-ds. Neither works as a replacement for the
other. It is just a namespace clash. Therefore, I think a Replaces
relation would be inappropriate here. Perhaps it would be possible to
use Breaks on its own to make the situation be reflected properly in
dependency handling?
The proper solution is for the utility to be either renamed or removed
from the package. It is an administrative utility not called by anything
else in Atheme, therefore this should not break anything except possibly
administrators' local scripts - but Atheme's 'dbverify' does not exist
prior to version 7.0.0 so this does not affect anything using a version
from Debian stable/testing/unstable.
The attached patch renames the utility to "atheme-dbverify".
389-ds may also be at fault in this - I am not sure to what extent
"dbverify" exists as a traditional name for a particular utility.
- Christopher Elsby
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:16:25 +0100 Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> wrote:
Package: atheme-services
Version: 7.0.7-1~exp0
Severity: serious
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts
Hi,
during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
'sid' to 'experimental'.
It installed fine in 'sid', then the upgrade to 'experimental' fails
because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
Breaks+Replaces relation.
See policy 7.6 at
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
Selecting previously unselected package atheme-services.
Preparing to unpack .../atheme-services_7.0.7-1~exp0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking atheme-services (7.0.7-1~exp0) ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/atheme-services_7.0.7-1~exp0_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/dbverify', which is also in package
389-ds-base 1.3.3.5-2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/atheme-services_7.0.7-1~exp0_amd64.deb
cheers,
Andreas
Description: Rename dbverify utility to atheme-dbverify
The name dbverify is overly generic and clashes with 389-ds.
This is an administrative tool and not called by other parts of atheme.
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/769145
Forwarded: no
Author: Christopher Elsby <chr...@chrise.me.uk>
Last-Update: 2015-03-18
Index: atheme-services-7.0.7/src/dbverify/Makefile
===================================================================
--- atheme-services-7.0.7.orig/src/dbverify/Makefile 2014-02-10 22:38:10.000000000 +0000
+++ atheme-services-7.0.7/src/dbverify/Makefile 2015-03-18 11:50:41.296103200 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROG = dbverify${PROG_SUFFIX}
+PROG = atheme-dbverify${PROG_SUFFIX}
HELP_LINGUAS = es ru
SRCS = main.c
