Bug#723941: v-sim: fails to upgrade from 'testing' - trying to overwrite /usr/share/applications/v-sim.desktop

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: v-sim
Version: 3.7.0-1
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
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces

>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):

  Preparing to replace v-sim 3.6.0-3 (using .../v-sim_3.7.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement v-sim ...
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/v-sim_3.7.0-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/applications/v-sim.desktop', which is also in package v-sim-common 3.6.0-3
  Preparing to replace v-sim-common 3.6.0-3 (using .../v-sim-common_3.7.0-1_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement v-sim-common ...
  Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/v-sim_3.7.0-1_amd64.deb


cheers,

Andreas
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