[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#743658: geda: update of geda pckage(es) fails

[Kai-Martin Knaak]

Package: geda
Version: 1:1.6.2-4.3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

an effort to upgrade the geda suite with apt-get on
debian/testing failed with errors. Excerpt from the log:

/---------------
(...)
Preparing to unpack .../geda-utils_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking geda-utils (1:1.8.2-3) over (1:1.6.2-4.3) ...
dpkg: error processing
archive /var/cache/apt/archives/geda-utils_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb
(--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/sw2asc', which is also in
package geda-gnetlist 1:1.6.2-4.3 Preparing to
unpack .../geda-gsymcheck_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking
geda-gsymcheck (1:1.8.2-3) over (1:1.6.2-4.3) ... Preparing to
unpack .../geda-gschem_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking geda-gschem
(1:1.8.2-3) over (1:1.6.2-4.3) ... Preparing to
unpack .../geda-gnetlist_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking
geda-gnetlist (1:1.8.2-3) over (1:1.6.2-4.3) ... Preparing to
unpack .../geda-gattrib_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking
geda-gattrib (1:1.8.2-3) over (1:1.6.2-4.3) ... Processing triggers for
man-db (2.6.6-1) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386
(2.38.2-5) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64
(2.38.2-5) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54) ... Processing triggers for
hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ... Processing triggers for menu
(2.1.46) ... Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/geda-utils_1%3a1.8.2-3_amd64.deb
W: Waited for dpkg --assert-multi-arch but it wasn't there - dpkgGo
(10: No child processes) E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error
code (1) A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of geda-gsymcheck:
 geda-gsymcheck depends on libgeda42 (>= 1.6.0); however:
  Package libgeda42 is not installed.
 geda-gsymcheck depends on geda-symbols (>= 1:1.7.1); however:
  Version of geda-symbols on system is 1:1.6.2-4.3.

dpkg: error processing package geda-gsymcheck (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of geda-gschem:
 geda-gschem depends on libgeda42 (>= 1:1.8.0); however:
  Package libgeda42 is not installed.
 geda-gschem depends on geda-symbols (>= 1:1.7.1); however:
  Version of geda-symbols on system is 1:1.6.2-4.3.

dpkg: error processing package geda-gschem (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of geda-gattrib:
 geda-gattrib depends on libgeda42 (>= 1.6.2); however:
  Package libgeda42 is not installed.
 geda-gattrib depends on geda-symbols (>= 1:1.7.1); however:
  Version of geda-symbols on system is 1:1.6.2-4.3.

dpkg: error processing package geda-gattrib (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

(...)

Errors were encountered while processing:
 geda-gsymcheck
 geda-gschem
 geda-gattrib
 geda-gnetlist
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages geda depends on:
ii  geda-doc       1:1.6.2-4.3
iu  geda-gnetlist  1:1.8.2-3
iu  geda-gschem    1:1.8.2-3

Versions of packages geda recommends:
iu  geda-gattrib    1:1.8.2-3
iu  geda-gsymcheck  1:1.8.2-3

Versions of packages geda suggests:
pn  geda-examples  <none>
ii  geda-utils     1:1.6.2-4.3
ii  gerbv          2.6.0-1
pn  pcb            <none>

-- no debconf information



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