Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hans Ulrich Niedermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Package: tex-common >> Version: 0.1 >> Severity: normal >> >> tex-common conflicts with tetex-bin: >> ii tetex-bin 2.0.2-30 The teTeX binary files >> >> Unpacking tex-common (from .../tex-common_0.1_all.deb) ... >> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tex-common_0.1_all.deb >> (--unpack): >> trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/update-fmtutil', which is also in > > The problem is that tex-common needs a versioned Conflicts: line against > tetex-bin, but we don't know yet which version of tetex-bin will work > together with it. Therefore I just left it empty, because I didn't > expect people would actually try it ;-).
Then may this bug report serve as a reminder to add a Conflicts: line when you know the tetex-bin version. > I will add a conflict with the currently newest version of tetex-bin in > the next upload, but I cannot promise when that will happen. No problem, this is just a reminder. Uli
