I believe Simon is on the right track, but I see that the patches completely remove the "Conflicts" relationship. Given that the following package do have file conflicts, I think that change is incomplete:
https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/all/golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3-dev/filelist https://packages.debian.org/trixie/all/golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-5-dev/filelist I am thinking that the "Conflicts" relationship needs to remain, but needs to be accompanied with a mutual "Breaks" relationship. Additionally, I suggest modifying the golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-5-dev package to declare a "Replaces" relationship against the package golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3-dev. The thinking here is to help apt to prefer packages that do work with protobuf 1.5 in favor of those that don't. In general, Matthias is correct and protobuf 1.3 and 1.5 are known to cause runtime crashes. As such, packages that still require 1.3 need to be updated or removed from testing. -rt On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> wrote: > So are these the right patches? It seems both > golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3 and golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-5 > uses Conflicts and needs to be modified. The first patch below is for > 1-3 and the last one for 1-5. I have limited time so if anyone has time > to test, revise patches and do the upload, please don't wait for me. > > /Simon > -- regards, Reinhard
