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

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

On 2017-07-01 13:23:16, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> 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.

No, the provided log installs jessie and then directly upgrades to buster/sid
and skips stretch. This isn't a supported upgrade path.

Did you attach an incorrect log?

Cheers

> 
> 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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Sebastian Ramacher
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