[DRE-maint] Bug#673814: ruby-pdf-writer: fails to upgrade from 'testing' - trying to overwrite /usr/bin/techbook

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: ruby-pdf-writer
Version: 1.1.8+dfsg-2
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

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

  Selecting previously unselected package ruby-pdf-writer.
  Unpacking ruby-pdf-writer (from .../ruby-pdf-writer_1.1.8+dfsg-2_all.deb) ...
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ruby-pdf-writer_1.1.8+dfsg-2_all.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/techbook', which is also in package libpdf-writer-ruby1.8 1.1.8+dfsg-1
  dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
  Preparing to replace libpdf-writer-ruby 1.1.8+dfsg-1 (using .../libpdf-writer-ruby_1.1.8+dfsg-2_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement libpdf-writer-ruby ...
  Preparing to replace libpdf-writer-ruby1.8 1.1.8+dfsg-1 (using .../libpdf-writer-ruby1.8_1.1.8+dfsg-2_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement libpdf-writer-ruby1.8 ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/ruby-pdf-writer_1.1.8+dfsg-2_all.deb

cheers,

Andreas
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