reassign #767559 geoip-database-contrib thanks Hi,
this has to be fixed in the -contrib packaging. Am 01.11.2014 um 04:05 schrieb Andreas Beckmann: > Package: geoip-database-extra,geoip-database-contrib > Version: 1.17 > Severity: serious > User: trei...@debian.org > Usertags: edos-file-overwrite > Control: found -1 20141027-1 > > 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: > > Selecting previously unselected package geoip-database-extra. > (Reading database ... 8794 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../geoip-database-extra_20141027-1_all.deb ... > Unpacking geoip-database-extra (20141027-1) ... > dpkg: error processing archive > /var/cache/apt/archives/geoip-database-extra_20141027-1_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite '/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat', which is also in > package geoip-database-contrib 1.17 > dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/geoip-database-extra_20141027-1_all.deb > > This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail, and violates > sections 7.6.1 and 10.1 of the policy. An optimal solution would > consist in only one of the packages installing that file, and renaming > or removing the file in the other package. Depending on the > circumstances you might also consider Replace relations or file > diversions. If the conflicting situation cannot be resolved then, as a > last resort, the two packages have to declare a mutual > Conflict. Please take into account that Replaces, Conflicts and > diversions should only be used when packages provide different > implementations for the same functionality. > > 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/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat > > 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. You may > also register in the BTS that the other package is affected by the bug. > > Cheers, > > Andreas > > PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors > of this kind see http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/. > -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */
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