Bug#826110: swh-plugins, vocoder-ladspa: error when trying to install together

[Jaromír Mikeš]

2016-06-02 12:03 GMT+02:00 Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org>:
> Package: swh-plugins,vocoder-ladspa
> Severity: serious
> User: treinen at debian.org
> Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
> Control: found -1 0.4.16+git20160602~repack1-1
> Control: found -1 1.1.3-2
>
> 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:
>
>   Selecting previously unselected package vocoder-ladspa.
>   Preparing to unpack .../vocoder-ladspa_1.1.3-2_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking vocoder-ladspa (1.1.3-2) ...
>   dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/vocoder-ladspa_1.1.3-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/ladspa/vocoder_1337.so', which is also in package swh-plugins 0.4.16+git20160602~repack1-1
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    /var/cache/apt/archives/vocoder-ladspa_1.1.3-2_amd64.deb
>
> 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/lib/ladspa/vocoder_1337.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. You may
> also register in the BTS that the other package is affected by the bug.

Yes ... both packages shipping same plugin now ...
What would be correct solution ?
Replace Breaks Conflicts ?
Or maybe just remove vocoder-ladspa package from archive ...
If I understand right this plugin has been moved to swh-plugins
project by same people which maintain vocoder-ladspa package.

https://packages.debian.org/sid/vocoder-ladspa
https://github.com/swh/ladspa/commit/2e212812910f989e48566b2c71791bcc8db8f8ef

Javier?

best regards

mira