Bug#362870: planetpenguin-racer: failed upgrade: overwrite of image file from -data

[Adeodato Simó]

* Alexander Schmehl [Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:35:45 +0200]:

> Hi!

Hey Alexander, Eddy,

> First option would be to ignore this bug, since a) upgrades from the
> stable distibution are not affected (the icon was in the same package as
> it is now), b) even when upgrading in testing it is (AFACT) unlikely to
> stumble about this bug.

Please don't do that. You're right that the probability of this bug
popping up in non-unstable users is low, but why go for "good enough"
when aiming for "perfect" takes so little effort? :)

> Second option would be to use something like...
> Replaces: planetpenguin-racer-data (= 0.3.1-5) to debian/control for
> planetpenguin-racer.  That should force the old -racer-data package to be
> removed before the new -racer package is installed, shouldn't it?  I'll
> test that later.

This is the correct solution, yes. But alas, it won't force the removal
of the old -racer-data package. AIUI, all it'll do is, should the new
-racer be unpacked before the old -racer-data gets upgraded, ignore the
shared/conflicting file, and put -racer's version in place.

* Eddy Petrişor [Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:22:41 +0300]:

> Wouldn't it need a conflicts with the old planetpenguin-racer which
> contains the icon, too? I think it would be needed.

As per above, the Replace suffices, and no Conflicts is necessary.

BTW, I'll note this bug has been in the meantime (correctly) upgraded
from important to serious, so it'd be good to get it fixed soonishly.
Please let me know if I can help with e.g. an sponsored upload.

HTH,

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