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

[Eugen Dedu]

tags 550168 pending
thanks

Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 at 11:24:37 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
>> Ralf Treinen wrote:
>>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/simpleopal', which is also in package libopal3.6.4-dbg 0:3.6.4~dfsg-1
>> So the problem is that usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/simpleopal is found in two
>> packages: libopal3.6.6-dbg and libopal3.6.4-dbg.  The solution is:
>> - either simply remove simpleopal debug file
>> - or create another package, simpleopal-dbg, and put the debug file inside
>> - or make libopal3.6.6-dbg conflicts with libopal3.6.4-dbg
> 
>> The best quality solution is the 2nd, but is it worth to create another
>> (debug) package for that?
> 
> Having a separate -dbg package for simpleopal does seem like overkill, and I
> think the ftpmasters would (be correct to) reject it. Either of the other
> solutions seems viable.