Bug#550168: libopal3.6.6-dbg and libopal3.6.4-dbg: error when trying to install together

[Ralf Treinen]

Package: libopal3.6.4-dbg,libopal3.6.6-dbg
Version: libopal3.6.4-dbg/3.6.4~dfsg-1
Version: libopal3.6.6-dbg/3.6.6~dfsg-1
Severity: serious
User: treinen at debian.org
Usertags: edos-file-overwrite

Date: 2009-10-08
Architecture: amd64
Distribution: sid

Hi,

automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the
same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has
detected the following problem:


WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  libasound2 libcelt0 libsysfs2 tsconf libts-0.0-0 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libexpat1
  libgsm1 libltdl7 libogg0 libx86-1 libsvga1 libsdl1.2debian-alsa
  libsdl1.2debian odbcinst odbcinst1debian1 unixodbc libpt2.6.4 libspeex1
  libspeexdsp1 libtheora0 libopal3.6.4 libpt2.6.5 libopal3.6.6
  libopal3.6.4-dbg libopal3.6.6-dbg
Authentication warning overridden.
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Selecting previously deselected package libasound2.
(Reading database ... 10256 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libasound2 (from .../libasound2_1.0.21a-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcelt0.
Unpacking libcelt0 (from .../libcelt0_0.6.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsysfs2.
Unpacking libsysfs2 (from .../libsysfs2_2.1.0-6_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tsconf.
Unpacking tsconf (from .../archives/tsconf_1.0-7_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libts-0.0-0.
Unpacking libts-0.0-0 (from .../libts-0.0-0_1.0-7_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdirectfb-1.2-0.
Unpacking libdirectfb-1.2-0 (from .../libdirectfb-1.2-0_1.2.8-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libexpat1.
Unpacking libexpat1 (from .../libexpat1_2.0.1-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libgsm1.
Unpacking libgsm1 (from .../libgsm1_1.0.13-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libltdl7.
Unpacking libltdl7 (from .../libltdl7_2.2.6a-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libogg0.
Unpacking libogg0 (from .../libogg0_1.1.4~dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libx86-1.
Unpacking libx86-1 (from .../libx86-1_1.1+ds1-6_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsvga1.
Unpacking libsvga1 (from .../libsvga1_1%3a1.4.3-27_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl1.2debian-alsa.
Unpacking libsdl1.2debian-alsa (from .../libsdl1.2debian-alsa_1.2.13-5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl1.2debian.
Unpacking libsdl1.2debian (from .../libsdl1.2debian_1.2.13-5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package odbcinst.
Unpacking odbcinst (from .../odbcinst_2.2.11-20_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package odbcinst1debian1.
Unpacking odbcinst1debian1 (from .../odbcinst1debian1_2.2.11-20_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package unixodbc.
Unpacking unixodbc (from .../unixodbc_2.2.11-20_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libpt2.6.4.
Unpacking libpt2.6.4 (from .../libpt2.6.4_2.6.4-1+b1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libspeex1.
Unpacking libspeex1 (from .../libspeex1_1.2~rc1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libspeexdsp1.
Unpacking libspeexdsp1 (from .../libspeexdsp1_1.2~rc1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libtheora0.
Unpacking libtheora0 (from .../libtheora0_1.1.1-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libopal3.6.4.
Unpacking libopal3.6.4 (from .../libopal3.6.4_3.6.4~dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libpt2.6.5.
Unpacking libpt2.6.5 (from .../libpt2.6.5_2.6.5-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libopal3.6.6.
Unpacking libopal3.6.6 (from .../libopal3.6.6_3.6.6~dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libopal3.6.4-dbg.
Unpacking libopal3.6.4-dbg (from .../libopal3.6.4-dbg_3.6.4~dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libopal3.6.6-dbg.
Unpacking libopal3.6.6-dbg (from .../libopal3.6.6-dbg_3.6.6~dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libopal3.6.6-dbg_3.6.6~dfsg-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/simpleopal', which is also in package libopal3.6.4-dbg 0:3.6.4~dfsg-1
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libopal3.6.6-dbg_3.6.6~dfsg-1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail. Possible
solutions are to have the two packages conflict, to rename the common
file in one of the two packages, or to remove the file from one
package and have this package depend on the other package. File
diversions or a Replace relation are another possibility.

Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
(according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be
slightly out of sync):


  usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/simpleopal
  

This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of
the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will
resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package.

-Ralf.