Bug#608968: zutils: fails to upgrade from 0.3-1: trying to overwrite '/bin/zfgrep', which is also in package gzip 1.3.12-9

2011-01-14 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
reopen 608968 thanks I've been encountering similar errors when attempting to upgrade from 0.9~rc2-2 to 0.9~rc2-3 or (now) 0.9-1, and would suggest adjusting zutils's preinst script to establish the diversions whenever they're absent, even when upgrading from an older version. Here's the sequence

Bug#608968: zutils: fails to upgrade from 0.3-1: trying to overwrite '/bin/zfgrep', which is also in package gzip 1.3.12-9

2011-01-04 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 01/05/2011 02:27 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Daniel Baumann , 2011-01-05, 02:21: >> Supported partial upgrades are version_n -> version_n+1 etc., not >> version_n -> version_n+x where x>1. > > Good joke. that's not a joke. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist

Bug#608968: zutils: fails to upgrade from 0.3-1: trying to overwrite '/bin/zfgrep', which is also in package gzip 1.3.12-9

2011-01-04 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Daniel Baumann , 2011-01-05, 02:21: Supported partial upgrades are version_n -> version_n+1 etc., not version_n -> version_n+x where x>1. Good joke. -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Bug#608968: zutils: fails to upgrade from 0.3-1: trying to overwrite '/bin/zfgrep', which is also in package gzip 1.3.12-9

2011-01-04 Thread Daniel Baumann
This is an unsupported upgrade path your're doing, hence closing. Supported partial upgrades are version_n -> version_n+1 etc., not version_n -> version_n+x where x>1. it happens rarely and it's inconvenient, but it's even more a mess to retro-actively add partial upgrade handing for versions tha

Bug#608968: zutils: fails to upgrade from 0.3-1: trying to overwrite '/bin/zfgrep', which is also in package gzip 1.3.12-9

2011-01-04 Thread Jakub Wilk
Package: zutils Version: 0.9~rc2-3 Severity: serious # dpkg -i zutils_0.3-1_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package zutils. (Reading database ... 10224 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking zutils (from zutils_0.3-1_all.deb) ... Adding 'diversion of /bin/zgrep to /bin/zg