Package: libscotchmetis-dev,libparmetis-dev Version: libscotchmetis-dev/5.1.7.dfsg-1 Version: libparmetis-dev/3.1.1-1 Severity: serious User: trei...@debian.org Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
Date: 2010-02-07 Architecture: amd64 Distribution: sid Hi, automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has detected the following problem: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! libc-dev-bin linux-libc-dev libc6-dev libgfortran3 zlib1g-dev libibverbs1 libibverbs-dev libopenmpi1.3 openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev mpi-default-dev libparmetis3.1 libparmetis-dev libscotch-5.1 libscotch-dev libscotchmetis-dev W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of 2055:5408551 W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of 2055:5407760 W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of 2055:3588098 Authentication warning overridden. Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) Selecting previously deselected package libc-dev-bin. (Reading database ... 12292 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libc-dev-bin (from .../libc-dev-bin_2.10.2-6_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-libc-dev. Unpacking linux-libc-dev (from .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.32-7_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libc6-dev. Unpacking libc6-dev (from .../libc6-dev_2.10.2-6_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libgfortran3. Unpacking libgfortran3 (from .../libgfortran3_4.4.3-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package zlib1g-dev. Unpacking zlib1g-dev (from .../zlib1g-dev_1%3a1.2.3.4.dfsg-3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libibverbs1. Unpacking libibverbs1 (from .../libibverbs1_1.1.3-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libibverbs-dev. Unpacking libibverbs-dev (from .../libibverbs-dev_1.1.3-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libopenmpi1.3. Unpacking libopenmpi1.3 (from .../libopenmpi1.3_1.3.3-4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package openmpi-common. Unpacking openmpi-common (from .../openmpi-common_1.3.3-4_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libopenmpi-dev. Unpacking libopenmpi-dev (from .../libopenmpi-dev_1.3.3-4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mpi-default-dev. Unpacking mpi-default-dev (from .../mpi-default-dev_0.6_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libparmetis3.1. Unpacking libparmetis3.1 (from .../libparmetis3.1_3.1.1-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libparmetis-dev. Unpacking libparmetis-dev (from .../libparmetis-dev_3.1.1-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libscotch-5.1. Unpacking libscotch-5.1 (from .../libscotch-5.1_5.1.7.dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libscotch-dev. Unpacking libscotch-dev (from .../libscotch-dev_5.1.7.dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libscotchmetis-dev. Unpacking libscotchmetis-dev (from .../libscotchmetis-dev_5.1.7.dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libscotchmetis-dev_5.1.7.dfsg-1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/include/metis/metis.h', which is also in package libparmetis-dev 0:3.1.1-1 Processing triggers for man-db ... W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of 2055:5408551 W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of 2055:5407760 W: cowdancer: unsupported operation flock, read-only open and fchown/fchmod/flock are not supported: tried openning dev:inode of 2055:3588098 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libscotchmetis-dev_5.1.7.dfsg-1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) cow-shell unlink .ilist: No such file or directory This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail, and violates sections 7.6.1 and 10.1 of the policy. An optimal solution would consist in only one of the packages installing that file, and renaming or removing the file in the other package. Depending on the circumstances you might also consider Replace relations or file diversions. If the conflicting situation cannot be resolved then, as a last resort, the two packages have to declare a mutual Conflict. Please take into account that Replaces, Conflicts and diversions should only be used when packages provide different implementations for the same functionality. Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages (according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be slightly out of sync): /usr/include/metis/metis.h /usr/lib/libmetis.a /usr/lib/libmetis.so This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package. -Ralf. PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors of this kind see http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org