Bug#866738: vlc-bin: fails to upgrade from 'stretch' - trying to overwrite /usr/bin/cvlc

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: vlc-bin
Version: 2.2.6-2
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts
Control: affects -1 + kmplayer

Hi,

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

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

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

  Selecting previously unselected package vlc-bin.
  Preparing to unpack .../vlc-bin_2.2.6-2_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking vlc-bin (2.2.6-2) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc-bin_2.2.6-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/cvlc', which is also in package vlc-nox 2.2.5-1~deb8u1
  dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)


cheers,

Andreas
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