Bug#546364: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 on dist-upgrade
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: Package: diffutils Version: 2.8.1-17 Severity: grave note I have experimental/unstable/stable in sources.list : on a dist-upgrade from today I get: (Reading database ... 510515 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking diffutils (from .../diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb Please try apt-get install diff=1:2.8.7-0.1 diffutils=1:2.8.7-0.1 if you want to solve this immediately. I'll see if making diff in experimental to have a versioned depends on experimental diffutils solves this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#546364: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 on dist-upgrade
On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 10:41 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: Package: diffutils Version: 2.8.1-17 Severity: grave note I have experimental/unstable/stable in sources.list : on a dist-upgrade from today I get: (Reading database ... 510515 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking diffutils (from .../diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb Please try apt-get install diff=1:2.8.7-0.1 diffutils=1:2.8.7-0.1 if you want to solve this immediately. I'll see if making diff in experimental to have a versioned depends on experimental diffutils solves this. Yes you are right that works. Only the upgrade path from this older version of diff is broken. Thanks, Soeren -- For the one fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic. -- Arthur C. Clarke, 1962 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#546364: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 on dist-upgrade
I said: Please try apt-get install diff=1:2.8.7-0.1 diffutils=1:2.8.7-0.1 Even better: Don't try anything yet. I'm going to fix this in unstable. Stay tuned. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#546364: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 on dist-upgrade
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: Yes you are right that works. Only the upgrade path from this older version of diff is broken. I've just made an upload to fix the upgrade path as well. At first I was reluctant to do that by way of What happens in unstable stays in unstable, but once the user has an old diff from experimental installed it's too late to fix the problem only by modifying the diff in experimental, as it's the old diff in experimental and the new diffutils in unstable the ones having a problem. Thanks for the report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#546364: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 on dist-upgrade
Package: diffutils Version: 2.8.1-17 Severity: grave note I have experimental/unstable/stable in sources.list : on a dist-upgrade from today I get: (Reading database ... 510515 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking diffutils (from .../diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo', which is also in package diff 0:2.8.7-0.2 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/diffutils_1%3a2.8.1-17_i386.deb These are the available diff packages: $ apt-cache policy diff diff: Installed: 2.8.7-0.2 Candidate: 1:2.8.1-16 Version table: 1:2.8.7-0.1 0 1 http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages 1:2.8.1-17 0 600 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages 1:2.8.1-16 0 650 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages *** 2.8.7-0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.8.1-12 0 700 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages $ apt-cache policy diffutils diffutils: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:2.8.1-16 Version table: 1:2.8.7-0.1 0 1 http://ftp.de.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages 1:2.8.1-17 0 600 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages 1:2.8.1-16 0 650 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-rc7-sonne (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages diffutils depends on: ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries diffutils recommends no packages. Versions of packages diffutils suggests: pn diffutils-doc none (no description available) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
