[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#698115: dcap and dicom3tools: error when trying to install together

[Mathieu Malaterre]

This is the second time I messed up (see #640914). I've filled a binnmu already.

I'll make sure this does not happen again.

Sorry for the noise.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Andreas Tille <andreas at an3as.eu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm afraid that this is our turn at least from a "who cames first
> perspective".  Fortunately dicom3tools in testing is clean but perhaps
> we should start negotiating with dicom3tools upstream to invent another
> name that is not yet taken by some other tool.
>
> Mathieu, could you take over this?
>
> Kind regards
>
>        Andreas.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 09:31:43AM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote:
>> Package: dicom3tools,dcap
>> Version: dicom3tools/1.0~20121227-1
>> Version: dcap/2.47.7-1
>> Severity: serious
>> User: treinen at debian.org
>> Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
>>
>> Date: 2013-01-14
>> 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!
>>   libdcap1 dcap dicom3tools
>> Authentication warning overridden.
>> Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
>> Selecting previously unselected package libdcap1.
>> (Reading database ... 10762 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Unpacking libdcap1 (from .../libdcap1_2.47.7-1_amd64.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package dcap.
>> Unpacking dcap (from .../dcap_2.47.7-1_amd64.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package dicom3tools.
>> Unpacking dicom3tools (from .../dicom3tools_1.0~20121227-1_amd64.deb) ...
>> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dicom3tools_1.0~20121227-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/dccp.1.gz', which is also in package dcap 2.47.7-1
>> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Processing triggers for man-db ...
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/dicom3tools_1.0~20121227-1_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/bin/dccp
>>   /usr/share/man/man1/dccp.1.gz
>>
>> This bug has been filed against 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 then
>> also register in the BTS that the other package is affected by the bug.
>>
>> -Ralf.
>>
>> PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors
>> of this kind see http://edos.debian.net/file-overwrites/.
>>
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