Bug#719770: marked as done (python3-pyfits and python3-astropy-legacy: error when trying to install together)

Thu Aug 15 14:31:46 UTC 2013

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> and subject line Has to be fixed in astropy
> has caused the Debian Bug report #719770,
> regarding python3-pyfits and python3-astropy-legacy: error when trying to install together
> to be marked as done.
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> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:27:33 +0200
> From: Ralf Treinen <treinen at free.fr>
> To: submit at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: python3-pyfits and python3-astropy-legacy: error when trying to
>  install together
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> Package: python3-astropy-legacy,python3-pyfits
> Version: python3-astropy-legacy/0.2.4-2
> Version: python3-pyfits/1:3.1.2-1+b1
> Severity: serious
> User: treinen at debian.org
> Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
> 
> Date: 2013-08-12
> 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!
>   libcfitsio3 libexpat1 libffi6 gcc-4.8-base libquadmath0 libgfortran3
>   libpython3.3-minimal mime-support libpython3.3-stdlib libwcs4
>   libpython2.7-minimal python2.7-minimal python3.3-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib
>   python2.7 python-minimal libpython-stdlib python python-support python3.3
>   python3-minimal libpython3-stdlib python3 dh-python libblas3 liblapack3
>   python-numpy python3-numpy libsofa-c0 python3-astropy python3-pyfits
>   python3-astropy-legacy
> 
> Extracting templates from packages: 93%
> Extracting templates from packages: 100%
> Authentication warning overridden.
> Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
> Selecting previously unselected package libcfitsio3:amd64.
> (Reading database ... 10850 files and directories currently installed.)
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> Selecting previously unselected package python3-astropy-legacy.
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> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python3-astropy-legacy_0.2.4-2_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pyfits/__init__.py', which is also in package python3-pyfits 1:3.1.2-1+b1
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/python3-astropy-legacy_0.2.4-2_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> cow-shell unlink .ilist: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> 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/python3/dist-packages/pyfits/__init__.py
> 
> 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/.

> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:22:31 -0400
> From: Scott Kitterman <debian at kitterman.com>
> To: 719770-done at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Has to be fixed in astropy
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> In  python-astropy-legacy this was resolved by adding a conflicts so the 
> packages aren't co-installable.  I think that's the miminal solution for  
> python3-astropy-legacy, but even better would be for astropy to use the system 
> provided pyfits.  I don't think this can be reasonably resolved in the pyfits 
> package, so I'm closing the bug against it.  #719770 is the python-astropy 
> bug.

No, #719770 is both the pyfits and the python-astropy bug. So the bug is
now closed, while nothing has been actually fixed.

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