Hi Ralf, Thankyou for the bug report.
I've fixed this bug, and have put in place an automatic means of discovering clashes for the future, hopefully it will not happen again. The new package is currently being compiled and will be duploaded shortly. Nima On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Ralf Treinen <trei...@free.fr> wrote: > Package: python-dmidecode-dbg,python-dmidecode > Version: python-dmidecode-dbg/3.10.7-1.1 > Version: python-dmidecode/3.10.7-1.1 > Severity: serious > User: trei...@debian.org > Usertags: edos-file-overwrite > > Date: 2009-12-21 > Architecture: amd64 > Distribution: sid > > Hi, > > automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the > same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has > detected the following problem: > > > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > libdb4.5 libsqlite3-0 libxml2 mime-support python2.5-minimal python2.5 > python-minimal python python-support python-dmidecode python2.5-dbg > python-dbg python-dmidecode-dbg > W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and > fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of > 2055:5408818 > W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and > fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of > 2055:5407760 > W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and > fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of > 2055:5406907 > Authentication warning overridden. > Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) > Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.5. > (Reading database ... 10441 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libdb4.5 (from .../libdb4.5_4.5.20-13.1_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package libsqlite3-0. > Unpacking libsqlite3-0 (from .../libsqlite3-0_3.6.21-2_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package libxml2. > Unpacking libxml2 (from .../libxml2_2.7.6.dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package mime-support. > Unpacking mime-support (from .../mime-support_3.48-1_all.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python2.5-minimal. > Unpacking python2.5-minimal (from .../python2.5-minimal_2.5.4-3_amd64.deb) > ... > Selecting previously deselected package python2.5. > Unpacking python2.5 (from .../python2.5_2.5.4-3_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python-minimal. > Unpacking python-minimal (from .../python-minimal_2.5.4-4_all.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python. > Unpacking python (from .../python_2.5.4-4_all.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python-support. > Unpacking python-support (from .../python-support_1.0.6_all.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python-dmidecode. > Unpacking python-dmidecode (from .../python-dmidecode_3.10.7-1.1_amd64.deb) > ... > Selecting previously deselected package python2.5-dbg. > Unpacking python2.5-dbg (from .../python2.5-dbg_2.5.4-3_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python-dbg. > Unpacking python-dbg (from .../python-dbg_2.5.4-4_all.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package python-dmidecode-dbg. > Unpacking python-dmidecode-dbg (from > .../python-dmidecode-dbg_3.10.7-1.1_amd64.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/python-dmidecode-dbg_3.10.7-1.1_amd64.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/dmidecode.py', which is also in > package python-dmidecode 0:3.10.7-1.1 > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Processing triggers for man-db ... > W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and > fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of > 2055:5408818 > W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and > fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of > 2055:5407760 > W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and > fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of > 2055:5406907 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/python-dmidecode-dbg_3.10.7-1.1_amd64.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail, and violate > section 7.6.1 of the policy. Possible solutions are to have the two > packages conflict, to rename the common file in one of the two > packages, or to remove the file from one package and have this package > depend on the other package. File diversions or a Replace relation are > another possibility. > > Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages > (according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be > slightly out of sync): > > > usr/share/pyshared/dmidecode.py > > > This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of > the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will > resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package. > > -Ralf. > > PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors > of this kind see http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/. > > > -- Nima Talebi web: http://ai.autonomy.net.au/People/Nima gpg: B51D 1F18 D8E2 B702 B027 23A4 E06B DAC1 BE70 ADC0
