On 2021-05-18 22:14:32 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: libsidplayfp6
> Version: 2.1.2-1
> Severity: serious
> User: debian...@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
> 'sid' to 'experimental'.
> It installed fine in 'sid', then the upgrade to 'experimental' fails
> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
> Breaks+Replaces relation.
>
> See policy 7.6 at
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#overwriting-files-and-replacing-packages-replaces
>
> Since libsidplayfp5 is supposed to go away, the B+R can be unversioned.
>
> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
> Preparing to unpack .../libsidplayfp6_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking libsidplayfp6:amd64 (2.1.2-1) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libsidplayfp6_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstilview.so.0.0.4',
> which is also in package libsidplayfp5:amd64 2.0.5-2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>/var/cache/apt/archives/libsidplayfp6_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb
>
>
> That's the price you pay for shipping multiple shared libraries
> with unsynchronized SOVERSION in the same package.
Please use this opportunity and split those libraries into separate
packages. The Breaks+Replaces will be needed as well, but for the next
transition the situation will be easier.
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
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