Bug#1031247: systemd-cron: trying to overwrite '/etc/cron.yearly/.placeholder', which is also in package systemd-cron

[Alexandre Detiste]

Hi,

Please avoid breaking other packages on a random thought in an
uncoordinated way.

Please provide a patch for systemd-cron or NMU it.

Alexandre

Le lun. 13 févr. 2023 à 22:15, Martin-Éric Racine
<martin-eric.racine at iki.fi> a écrit :
>
> Package: systemd-cron
> Version: 1.15.19-4
> Severity: normal
>
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> Hash: SHA512
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> Unpacking cron-daemon-common (3.0pl1-160) over (3.0pl1-156) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/cron-daemon-common_3.0pl1-160_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite '/etc/cron.yearly/.placeholder', which is also in package systemd-cron 1.15.19-4
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/cron-daemon-common_3.0pl1-160_all.deb
>
> It appears that cron-daemon-common has gotten around shipping /etc/cron.yearly/.placeholder, so systemd-cron can probably stop shipping it.
>
> - -- Package-specific info:
> - -- output of systemd-delta
>
> - -- System Information:
> Debian Release: bookworm/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (900, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
> Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: unable to detect
>
> Versions of packages systemd-cron depends on:
> ii  cron-daemon-common          3.0pl1-156
> ii  libc6                       2.36-8
> ii  python3                     3.11.1-3
> ii  systemd [systemd-sysusers]  252.5-2
> ii  systemd-sysv                252.5-2
>
> systemd-cron recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages systemd-cron suggests:
> ii  nullmailer [mail-transport-agent]  1:2.2-4
>
> - -- no debconf information
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