Bug#550629: python-pyorbit-omg and python-omniorb-omg: error when trying to install together

[Ralf Treinen]

Package: python-omniorb-omg,python-pyorbit-omg
Version: python-omniorb-omg/3.02-1
Version: python-pyorbit-omg/2.24.0-2
Severity: serious
User: treinen at debian.org
Usertags: edos-file-overwrite

Date: 2009-10-11
Architecture: amd64
Distribution: sid

Hi,

automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the
same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has
detected the following problem:


WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  libdb4.5 libpcre3 libsqlite3-0 mime-support python2.5-minimal python2.5
  python-minimal python python-central libgmp3c2 libmpfr1ldbl cpp-4.3 cpp
  libglib2.0-0 libidl0 libomnithread3c2 libomniorb4-1 liborbit2 python-omniorb
  python-omniorb-omg python-support python-pyorbit python-pyorbit-omg
Authentication warning overridden.
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.5.
(Reading database ... 10405 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdb4.5 (from .../libdb4.5_4.5.20-13_amd64.deb) ...
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Unpacking libmpfr1ldbl (from .../libmpfr1ldbl_2.4.1-2_amd64.deb) ...
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Unpacking libomnithread3c2 (from .../libomnithread3c2_4.1.2-1+b1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libomniorb4-1.
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Selecting previously deselected package liborbit2.
Unpacking liborbit2 (from .../liborbit2_1%3a2.14.17-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-omniorb.
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Selecting previously deselected package python-omniorb-omg.
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Selecting previously deselected package python-support.
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Selecting previously deselected package python-pyorbit.
Unpacking python-pyorbit (from .../python-pyorbit_2.24.0-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-pyorbit-omg.
Unpacking python-pyorbit-omg (from .../python-pyorbit-omg_2.24.0-2_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-pyorbit-omg_2.24.0-2_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/pyshared/CORBA.py', which is also in package python-omniorb-omg 0:3.2-1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/python-pyorbit-omg_2.24.0-2_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail. Possible
solutions are to have the two packages conflict, to rename the common
file in one of the two packages, or to remove the file from one
package and have this package depend on the other package. File
diversions or a Replace relation are another possibility.

Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
(according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be
slightly out of sync):


  usr/share/pyshared/CORBA.py
  usr/share/pyshared/PortableServer.py
  

This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of
the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will
resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package.

-Ralf.