[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#910811: Bug#910811: xenstore-utils: upgrade error: xenstore-utils_4.11.1 unpack error with '/usr/share/man/man1/xenstore-chmod.1.gz'

[Hans van Kranenburg]

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Hi Diederik,

On 10/11/2018 06:25 PM, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> Package: xenstore-utils
> Version: 4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> while doing 'aptitude safe-upgrade' with today's updates, I got the
> following error:
> 
> Unpacking xenstore-utils (4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2) over (4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-NA96TI/4-xenstore-utils_4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/xenstore-chmod.1.gz', which is also in package xen-utils-common 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9
> Preparing to unpack .../5-xen-utils-common_4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking xen-utils-common (4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2) over (4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-NA96TI/4-xenstore-utils_4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> Doing another 'aptitude safe-upgrade' directly thereafter succeeded,
> hence (only) severity normal.
> 
> My guess would be a missing breaks/replaces issue.

Thanks for testing.

The fix is...

https://salsa.debian.org/xen-team/debian-xen/commit/61a40bf45edb1c63a000ac69bdc69a1dc3ff0845

...which will be in the next package upload RSN:

https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-xen-devel/2018-October/007394.html

If you want to follow progress around Xen in Debian Unstable, I can
recommend to subscribe to the related mailing list:

https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-xen-devel

Testing feedback is much appreciated, and knowing about known issues
might save you time. :)

Have fun,
Regards,
Hans van Kranenburg


> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: buster/sid
>   APT prefers unstable-debug
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
> 
> Versions of packages xenstore-utils depends on:
> ii  libc6            2.27-6
> ii  libxenstore3.0   4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2
> ii  libxentoolcore1  4.11.1~pre.20180911.5acdd26fdc+dfsg-2
> 
> xenstore-utils recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages xenstore-utils suggests:
> pn  xen-doc  <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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