[DRE-maint] Bug#853875: ruby-signet: conflicts with ruby-uuidtools over securerandom.rb

Aaron M. Ucko ucko at debian.org
Wed Feb 1 18:13:43 UTC 2017


Package: ruby-signet
Version: 0.7.3-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 6.6(4)

ruby-signet is impossible to install alongside ruby-uuidtools:

  Unpacking ruby-signet (0.7.3-1) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-psUCUp/19-ruby-signet_0.7.3-1_all.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/compat/securerandom.rb', which is also in package ruby-uuidtools 2.1.5-1

Could you please take a look?  You might consider splitting
securerandom.rb into its own package on which ruby-signet and
ruby-uuidtools both depend.

Thanks!

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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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