[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#817188: Bug#817188: libbamtools-doc: fails to upgrade from 'testing' - trying to overwrite /usr/share/doc/libbamtools-dev/html/functions_v.html

[Michael Crusoe]

Hello Andreas Beckmann,

Thank you for the report!

I've uploaded a new version though I was unable to replicate the piuparts
test to verify it. Any guidance on what command I should add to my
checklist would be appreciated.

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:

> Package: libbamtools-doc
> Version: 2.4.0+dfsg-4
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
> 'testing'.
> It installed fine in 'testing', then the upgrade to 'sid' fails
> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
> Breaks+Replaces relation.
>
> See policy 7.6 at
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
>
> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
>   Selecting previously unselected package libbamtools-doc.
>   Preparing to unpack .../libbamtools-doc_2.4.0+dfsg-4_all.deb ...
>   Unpacking libbamtools-doc (2.4.0+dfsg-4) ...
>   dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libbamtools-doc_2.4.0+dfsg-4_all.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite
> '/usr/share/doc/libbamtools-dev/html/functions_v.html', which is also in
> package libbamtools-dev 2.4.0+dfsg-3+b1
>   dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    /var/cache/apt/archives/libbamtools-doc_2.4.0+dfsg-4_all.deb
>
>
> cheers,
>
> Andreas
>
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