[Python-modules-team] Bug#813399: Bug#813399: python-pip-whl: fails to upgrade from 'testing' - trying to overwrite /usr/share/python-wheels/six-1.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

[Barry Warsaw]

On Feb 01, 2016, at 04:24 PM, Andreas Beckmann wrote:

>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 python-pip-whl.
>  Preparing to unpack .../python-pip-whl_8.0.2-2_all.deb ...
>  Unpacking python-pip-whl (8.0.2-2) ...
>  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python-pip-whl_8.0.2-2_all.deb (--unpack):
>   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/python-wheels/six-1.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl', which is also in package python-six-whl 1.10.0-1
>  dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/python-pip-whl_8.0.2-2_all.deb

python-pip-whl has Breaks/Replaces, but it looks like I got the version
specifications wrong.