[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#880902: Bug#880902: zfs-test: fails to upgrade from 'testing' - trying to overwrite /usr/share/zfs/common.sh

[Fabian Grünbichler]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 03:18:57PM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: zfs-test
> Version: 0.7.3-1
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package fails to upgrade from
> 'testing'.
> It installed fine in 'testing', then the upgrade to 'sid' fails
> because it tries to overwrite other packages files without declaring a
> Breaks+Replaces relation.
> 
> See policy 7.6 at
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces
> 
> From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
> 
>   Selecting previously unselected package zfs-test.
>   Preparing to unpack .../38-zfs-test_0.7.3-1_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking zfs-test (0.7.3-1) ...
>   dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-RL6UMz/38-zfs-test_0.7.3-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite '/usr/share/zfs/common.sh', which is also in package zfsutils-linux 0.6.5.11-1
>   dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-RL6UMz/38-zfs-test_0.7.3-1_amd64.deb
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Andreas

attached patch should fix the issue in this bug, proposal for related
bug #880907 will follow.
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