Bug#852156: systemd-sysv: fails to upgrade from 'jessie' - trying to overwrite /usr/share/man/man8/halt.8.gz

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: systemd-sysv
Version: 232-12
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
'jessie'.
It installed fine in 'jessie', then the upgrade to 'stretch' 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 systemd-sysv.
  Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_232-12_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking systemd-sysv (232-12) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/systemd-sysv_232-12_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/halt.8.gz', which is also in package upstart 1.11-5
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/systemd-sysv_232-12_amd64.deb


cheers,

Andreas
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