Bug#992376: systemd-standalone-{sysusers, tmpfiles}: missing Breaks+Replaces: systemd (<< 249.3-2)

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Wed Aug 18 00:09:31 BST 2021


Am 18.08.2021 um 01:03 schrieb Andreas Beckmann:
> On 18/08/2021 00.41, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
>>> 'sid' to 'experimental'.
>>> It installed fine in 'sid', then the upgrade to 'experimental' fails
>>> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
>>> Breaks+Replaces relation.
>>
>> There is no version of systemd-standalone-* in sid so how can it fail 
>> an upgrade from sid to experimental?
> 
> Please suggest a better wording for the bug template that also covers 
> this case of package splits with insufficient B+R.

It's not a package split.
systemd-standalone-* are new packages. They follow the debian policy 
recommended way using C/R/P against a virtual package.


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