Hi Mark, On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 08:22:33PM +0000, Mark Hindley wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:27:41AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Package: initscripts > > Version: 3.08-3~bpo12+1 > > Severity: serious > > User: debian...@lists.debian.org > > Usertags: fileconflict > > Control: affects -1 + util-linux > > Tags: bookworm > > > > initscripts has an undeclared file conflict. This may result in an > > unpack error from dpkg. > > > > The file /usr/lib/udev/hwclock-set is contained in the packages > > * initscripts/3.08-3~bpo12+1 as present in bookworm-backports > > * util-linux/2.36.1-8+deb11u1 as present in bullseye|bullseye-security > > Are the suites and versions reported here really the problematic ones?
Given that this is fully automated and working since a while, I'd doubt myself more than the algorithm now. :) Looking deeper the following binary packages contain that file: util-linux_2.36.1-8+deb11u1 util-linux-extra_2.38.1-5+b1 initscripts_3.08-3 initscripts_3.08-3~bpo12+1 initscripts_3.08-4 > I agree there is a conflict, but I think it is between > initscripts/3.08-3~bpo12+1 in bookworm-backports and util-linux-extra/2.38.1-5 > in bookworm. The initscripts backport declares Breaks+Replaces for util-linux-extra from bookworm. While they both contain the same file this conflict is declared in the packaging. From a dumat pov, this is not a problem, because it is correctly declared. > My proposed fix is attached. It reverts the transition of the hwclock > machinery > to initscripts, since this is still present in bookworm src:util-linux. The reason you are suggesting util-linux-extra probably is that initscripts from backports is no longer coinstallable with util-linux-extra from bookworm. That's certainly suboptimal and the way you address this coinstallability issue by reverting the transition seems sane to me. > Or, have I misunderstood? In reverting the transition for bookworm-backports, you not only make it coinstallable with util-linux-extra from bookworm again. You also resolve the undeclared conflict with util-linux from bullseye. Thanks for having looked beyond the reported problem and come up with a better solution. Helmut
