Bug#324772: libfam0 can break other packages due to reuse of binary package name in conjunction with Provides

On Tue, 23, Aug, 2005 at 05:05:26PM -0700, Steve Langasek spoke thus.. Please explain why you think this is a bug at all to allow this, let alone a bug that warrants a release-critical severity. Nothing in your bug report indicates that anything has actually *broken* by allowing these packages

Bug#324772: libfam0 can break other packages due to reuse of binary package name in conjunction with Provides

Package: fam Severity: critical Justification: can break other packages (e.g. /usr/lib/libkdeprint.so.4 from kdelibs4c2) Hi, There seems to be an upgrade path bug in libfam at the moment linked to the C++ transition. A summary is this: Old version: libfam0 (pre c102 transition) - Newer

Bug#324772: libfam0 can break other packages due to reuse of binary package name in conjunction with Provides

severity 324772 minor thanks On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:35:56PM +0100, Mark Hymers wrote: Package: fam Severity: critical Justification: can break other packages (e.g. /usr/lib/libkdeprint.so.4 from kdelibs4c2) There seems to be an upgrade path bug in libfam at the moment linked to the