[Debichem-devel] Bug#446726: file conflicts between packages

LI Daobing lidaobing at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 07:38:53 UTC 2007


Hello,

On 10/15/07, LI Daobing <lidaobing at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/07, Michael Ablassmeier <abi at grinser.de> wrote:
> > Package: gromacs, radiance
> > Severity: serious
> > Justification: policy violation
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > both gromacs and radiance ship `/usr/bin/genbox' but do neither conflict nor
> > add a diversion, thus fail to be installed in the same environment:
> >
> >  > Unpacking gromacs (from .../gromacs_3.3.1-7_amd64.deb) ...
> >  > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gromacs_3.3.1-7_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> >  >  trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/genbox', which is also in package radiance
> >  > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> >  > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  >  /var/cache/apt/archives/gromacs_3.3.1-7_amd64.deb
> >  > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >
>
> I suggest:
> rename genbox to g_genbox, add a comment to gromacs' README.Debian,
>
> what's your opinion?
>

a totally wrong email.

I remembered that gromacs is maintained by us(debichem), and my memory
is totally wrong on this.

sorry for the disturbing.

-- 
Best Regards,
 LI Daobing



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