Bug#734781: libhdf5-cpp-7: fails to upgrade from 'sid' - trying to overwrite /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhdf5_cpp.so.7

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: libhdf5-cpp-7
Version: 1.8.12-4
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts
Control: affects -1 + libhdf5-dev

Hi,

during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
'sid' to 'experimental'.
It installed fine in 'sid', then the upgrade to 'experimental' fails
because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
Breaks+Replaces relation.

See policy 7.6 at
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces

>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):

  Preparing to unpack .../libhdf5-cpp-7_1.8.12-4_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking libhdf5-cpp-7:amd64 (1.8.12-4) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libhdf5-cpp-7_1.8.12-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhdf5_cpp.so.7', which is also in package libhdf5-7:amd64 1.8.11-5
  Preparing to unpack .../libhdf5-dev_1.8.12-4_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking libhdf5-dev (1.8.12-4) over (1.8.11-5) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../libhdf5-7_1.8.12-4_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking libhdf5-7:amd64 (1.8.12-4) over (1.8.11-5) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libhdf5-cpp-7_1.8.12-4_amd64.deb


cheers,

Andreas
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