[Parted-maintainers] Bug#566930: Bug#566930: gnu-fdisk: fails to upgrade (diversion clash)

[Xavier Oswald]

On 17:32 Mon 25 Jan     , Denis Laxalde wrote:
> Package: gnu-fdisk
> Version: 1.2.4-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> (Version pseudo-header manually corrected)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Updrade of gnu-fdisk fails: 
> 
> Preparing to replace gnu-fdisk 1.2.3-2 (using .../gnu-fdisk_1.2.4-1_amd64.deb) ...
> dpkg-divert: `diversion of /usr/share/man/man8/cfdisk.8.gz to /usr/share/man/man8/cfdisk.distrib.8.gz by gnu-fdisk' clashes with `diversion of /usr/share/man/man8/cfdisk.8.gz to /usr/share/man/man8/cfdisk.8.gz.distrib by gnu-fdisk'
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnu-fdisk_1.2.4-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/gnu-fdisk_1.2.4-1_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
> 
> Let me know if more info is needed.

I just tried it by installing the 1.2.3-2 version and replace it with the
1.2.4-1 version. It's in french but it's not that important.

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─[~/dev/debian/gnu-fdisk/1.2.4]sudo dpkg -i gnu-fdisk_1.2.4-1_amd64.deb
(Lecture de la base de données... 247363 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Préparation du remplacement de gnu-fdisk 1.2.3-2 (en utilisant gnu-fdisk_1.2.4-1_amd64.deb) ...
Conservation de « diversion of /usr/share/man/man8/cfdisk.8.gz to /usr/share/man/man8/cfdisk.distrib.8.gz by gnu-fdisk »
Conservation de « diversion of /usr/share/man/man8/fdisk.8.gz to /usr/share/man/man8/fdisk.distrib.8.gz by gnu-fdisk »
Dépaquetage de la mise à jour de gnu-fdisk ...
Paramétrage de gnu-fdisk (1.2.4-1) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « man-db »...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « install-info »...
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If you could provide me more information, it would be nice.

Thanks,
Greetings,
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