[Python-modules-team] Bug#679607: python-pywbem and sblim-wbemcli: error when trying to install together

[Ferenc Wagner]

Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:

> Ralf Treinen <treinen at free.fr> writes:
>
>> Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
>>
>>   /usr/bin/wbemcli
>>   /usr/share/man/man1/wbemcli.1.gz
>
> Hi,
>
> While in my opinion sblim-wbemcli ships the more genuine wbemcli binary
> (leading the search results, packaged similarly by other distros),
> python-pywbem certainly got there first, so I'm willing to rename the
> binary in sblim-wbemcli unless the python-pywbem maintainers agree to
> make the necessary change themselves.
>
> Btw. I even tested python-pywbem before packaging sblim-wbemcli, and the
> former didn't work for my purposes even after some patching due to a CIM
> version mismatch, if I'm not mistaken.  Unfortunately, I forgot about
> the name clash.

Hi Bernd,

I was more than surprised to run into you twice in such a short time
(freeipmi packaging and this bug)!  How should we sort out this issue?
Do you want to keep your wbemcli executable?
-- 
Regards,
Feri.