[DRE-maint] pdfproctools: fails to install (conflict with origami-pdf)

[Paul Gevers]

retitle 914333 origami-pdf & pdfproctools both ship /usr/bin/pdfmetadata
reassign -1 src:origami-pdf,src:pdfproctools
thanks

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:37:31 +0100 Jacek Politowski <jp at jp.pl.eu.org> wrote:
> pdfproctools fails to install due to conflicting "/usr/bin/pdfmetadata" file
> which exists also in "origami-pdf" package.

So, this bug is in two source packages. I'm quoting paragraph 10.1 of
the Debian policy here (hence CC to d-devel):
"""
Two different packages must not install programs with different
functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs
having the same functionality but different implementations is handled
via “alternatives” or the “Conflicts” mechanism. See Maintainer Scripts
and Conflicting binary packages - Conflicts respectively.) If this case
happens, one of the programs must be renamed. The maintainers should
report this to the debian-devel mailing list and try to find a consensus
about which program will have to be renamed. If a consensus cannot be
reached, both programs must be renamed.
"""

Paul

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