[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#584194: tclcl-dev and libctapimkt0-dev: error when trying to install together

[Ralf Treinen]

Package: libctapimkt0-dev,tclcl-dev
Version: libctapimkt0-dev/1.0.1-1
Version: tclcl-dev/1.20~RC2-1
Severity: serious
User: treinen at debian.org
Usertags: edos-file-overwrite

Date: 2010-06-02
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!
  libc-dev-bin linux-libc-dev libc6-dev libctapimkt0 libctapimkt0-dev
  tclcl-dev
Authentication warning overridden.
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Selecting previously deselected package libc-dev-bin.
(Reading database ... 12205 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libc-dev-bin (from .../libc-dev-bin_2.11.1-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-libc-dev.
Unpacking linux-libc-dev (from .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.32-15_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libc6-dev.
Unpacking libc6-dev (from .../libc6-dev_2.11.1-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libctapimkt0.
Unpacking libctapimkt0 (from .../libctapimkt0_1.0.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libctapimkt0-dev.
Unpacking libctapimkt0-dev (from .../libctapimkt0-dev_1.0.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tclcl-dev.
Unpacking tclcl-dev (from .../tclcl-dev_1.20~RC2-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tclcl-dev_1.20~RC2-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/include/config.h', which is also in package libctapimkt0-dev 0:1.0.1-1
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/tclcl-dev_1.20~RC2-1_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/include/config.h

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/.