Package: masqmail,rmail Version: masqmail/0.2.27-1 Version: rmail/8.14.3-9.2 Severity: serious User: [email protected] Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
Date: 2010-08-08 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! liblockfile1 libpcre3 libfile-copy-recursive-perl libglib2.0-0 libident update-inetd masqmail rmail Preconfiguring packages ... Authentication warning overridden. Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) Selecting previously deselected package liblockfile1. (Reading database ... 12247 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking liblockfile1 (from .../liblockfile1_1.08-4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libpcre3. Unpacking libpcre3 (from .../libpcre3_8.02-1.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libfile-copy-recursive-perl. Unpacking libfile-copy-recursive-perl (from .../libfile-copy-recursive-perl_0.38-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libglib2.0-0. Unpacking libglib2.0-0 (from .../libglib2.0-0_2.24.1-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libident. Unpacking libident (from .../libident_0.22-3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package update-inetd. Unpacking update-inetd (from .../update-inetd_4.36_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package masqmail. Unpacking masqmail (from .../masqmail_0.2.27-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package rmail. Unpacking rmail (from .../rmail_8.14.3-9.2_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/rmail_8.14.3-9.2_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/rmail', which is also in package masqmail 0:0.2.27-1 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/rmail_8.14.3-9.2_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) 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/sbin/rmail /usr/share/man/man8/rmail.8.gz 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 [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
