Bug#659190: libelmer-dev: fails to upgrade from squeeze - trying to overwrite /usr/bin/elmerf90

[Adam C Powell IV]

On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 00:38 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: libelmer-dev
> Version: 6.1.0.svn.5396.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
> 'squeeze'.
> It installed fine in 'squeeze', then the upgrade to 'sid' fails
> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
> replaces relation.
> 
> See policy 7.6 at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
> 
> >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
> 
>   Preparing to replace libelmer-dev 5.5.0.svn.4499.dfsg-1 (using .../libelmer-dev_6.1.0.svn.5396.dfsg-4_amd64.deb) ...
>   Unpacking replacement libelmer-dev ...
>   dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libelmer-dev_6.1.0.svn.5396.dfsg-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/elmerf90', which is also in package elmer 5.5.0.svn.4499.dfsg-1

Thanks Andreas, I hadn't thought about this potential conflict.  I'll
set up the conflict accordingly.

One thing though: do you mind if we downgrade the severity temporarily?
There's a big transition about to happen with hdf5, petsc, slepc, hypre,
mumps, gmsh, and removing illuminator from testing, all in the works
since early December.  This should all go in early next week, I'd hate
to hold up further uploads of all of the other packages for yet another
week.

-Adam
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