Control: tags -1 + patch

On 2024-04-01 06:41 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:

> Control: notfound -1 6.05.01-1
> Control: found -1 6.7-1
>
> On 2024-04-01 06:17 +0200, Bas Couwenberg wrote:
>
>> Source: manpages
>> Version: 6.05.01-1
>> Severity: serious
>> Justification: makes the package in question unusable or mostly so
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> manpages-dev failed to upgrade due to a conflict with glibc-doc:
>>
>>  Unpacking manpages-dev (6.7-1) over (6.05.01-1) ...
>>  dpkg: error processing archive 
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/manpages-dev_6.7-1_all.deb (--unpack):
>>   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_cond_init.3.gz', which is 
>> also in package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
>>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>>   /var/cache/apt/archives/manpages-dev_6.7-1_all.deb
>>  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> There are a few more conflicting files:
>
> ,----
> | # dpkg -i --force-overwrite 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/manpages-dev_6.7-1_all.deb
> | (Reading database ... 15705 files and directories currently installed.)
> | Preparing to unpack .../manpages-dev_6.7-1_all.deb ...
> | Unpacking manpages-dev (6.7-1) ...
> | dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> | dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite
> | '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_cond_init.3.gz', which is also in
> | package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
> | dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> | dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite
> | '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_condattr_init.3.gz', which is also in
> | package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
> | dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> | dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite
> | '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_key_create.3.gz', which is also in
> | package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
> | dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> | dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite
> | '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_mutex_init.3.gz', which is also in
> | package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
> | dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> | dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite
> | '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np.3.gz', which is
> | also in package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
> | dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> | dpkg: warning: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man3/pthread_once.3.gz', 
> which is also in package glibc-doc 2.37-15.1
> `----
>
>> Breaks/Replaces will need to be added if the file was moved, but it
>> seems that only one of these packages should include this manpage.
>
> There is a script debian/check-conflicts in the manpages source package
> which is supposed to detect such clashing files, but it is buggy because
> it only scans the contents of amd64 packages, while glibc-doc is an
> arch:all package.

Looking closer the script most likely worked correctly when it was
written, but some 3+ years ago the Contents files were split.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/10/msg00007.html

I have updated debian/check-conflicts accordingly, and my version
catches the six new clashing files :-).  Merge request at Salsa opened:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/manpages/-/merge_requests/7

Cheers,
       Sven

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