Bug#354146: x11-common: Cannot upgrade from sarge: file conflict with xfree86-common
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 10:41:39PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 11:07:33PM +0200, Daniel Stone wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:27:00PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > > Where can we find documentation about moving conffiles between packages? > > > > 'Don't.' > > > > Basically, you'll have to keep xfree86-common around, not shipping that > > file, with a postinst that removes the file if modified. Then you have > > to add a Replaces: xfree86-common, from x11-common. > > Hmmm, then x11-common Pre-Depends: xfree86-common to make sure that > xfree86-common.postinst is run before x11-common is configured, > shouldn't it? Or maybe remove the conffile in xfree86-common.preinst? I guess so, yeah. You can look at the xlibs/xkeyboard-config relationship in Ubuntu (source packages xorg and xkeyboard-config, respectively) to see how I sorted it out for the XKB data. > > If you don't care about the user always getting a notice that the file > > has been customised even when it hasn't, don't bother keeping the > > package around with a postinst to remove the file; just ad the Replaces. > > Hmmm again, the Replaces does exist, but if the file is not removed, > conflict still happens. Anyway if someone has time to investigate, > test and provide a patch, that would be very welcome. If the file isn't removed, there's no conflict, but dpkg prompts you because it thinks the conffile has changed. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#354146: x11-common: Cannot upgrade from sarge: file conflict with xfree86-common
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 11:07:33PM +0200, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:27:00PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 12:17:49PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > > > dpkg: error processing > > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack): > > > > trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package > > > > xfree86-common > > > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > > > > > The message also sounds as if the fix were particularly easy. > > > > Where can we find documentation about moving conffiles between packages? > > 'Don't.' > > Basically, you'll have to keep xfree86-common around, not shipping that > file, with a postinst that removes the file if modified. Then you have > to add a Replaces: xfree86-common, from x11-common. Hmmm, then x11-common Pre-Depends: xfree86-common to make sure that xfree86-common.postinst is run before x11-common is configured, shouldn't it? Or maybe remove the conffile in xfree86-common.preinst? > If you don't care about the user always getting a notice that the file > has been customised even when it hasn't, don't bother keeping the > package around with a postinst to remove the file; just ad the Replaces. Hmmm again, the Replaces does exist, but if the file is not removed, conflict still happens. Anyway if someone has time to investigate, test and provide a patch, that would be very welcome. Denis
Bug#354146: x11-common: Cannot upgrade from sarge: file conflict with xfree86-common
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:27:00PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 12:17:49PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > > dpkg: error processing > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack): > > > trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package > > > xfree86-common > > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > > > The message also sounds as if the fix were particularly easy. > > Where can we find documentation about moving conffiles between packages? 'Don't.' Basically, you'll have to keep xfree86-common around, not shipping that file, with a postinst that removes the file if modified. Then you have to add a Replaces: xfree86-common, from x11-common. If you don't care about the user always getting a notice that the file has been customised even when it hasn't, don't bother keeping the package around with a postinst to remove the file; just ad the Replaces. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#354146: x11-common: Cannot upgrade from sarge: file conflict with xfree86-common
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 12:17:49PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package > > xfree86-common > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > The message also sounds as if the fix were particularly easy. Where can we find documentation about moving conffiles between packages? Denis
Bug#354146: x11-common: Cannot upgrade from sarge: file conflict with xfree86-common
Hi! Does really nobody care about this serious bug - it hinders very much testing of upgrades from sarge to etch. Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: x11-common > Version: 1:7.0.0 > Severity: grave > > After login in a sarge chroot, I installed tetex-bin (probably that can > be much minimized to only xfree86-common, but I don't have time for > testing) and then changed sources.list to point to sid. In fact it's really simple - just install xfree86-common in a sarge pbuilder chroot, add sid or etch to sources.list, and do the dist-upgrade. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package > xfree86-common > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) The message also sounds as if the fix were particularly easy. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
Bug#354146: x11-common: Cannot upgrade from sarge: file conflict with xfree86-common
Package: x11-common Version: 1:7.0.0 Severity: grave After login in a sarge chroot, I installed tetex-bin (probably that can be much minimized to only xfree86-common, but I don't have time for testing) and then changed sources.list to point to sid. After apt-get update, I get upon apt-get dist-upgrade (everything with DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive): [...] Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ... dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/etc/X11/Xsession.d': Directory not empty dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/etc/X11/Xresources': Directory not empty Selecting previously deselected package x11-common. Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package xfree86-common dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (100, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages x11-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii lsb-base 3.0-11bpo1 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip -- debconf information: x11-common/experimental_packages: -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
