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

[Bernd Zeimetz]

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,

I could also add a diversion to handle this. Not sure if there's somebody out
there who is interested in both packages at the same time.

-- 
Bernd Zeimetz
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