Bug#567061: perl-doc: No /usr/bin/perldoc after Etch->Lenny Upgrade

[Niko Tyni]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:39:36PM +0100, Patrik Schindler wrote:
 
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/
> perl_5.10.0-19lenny2_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/ptardiff', which is also in package
> libarchive-tar-perl
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

I believe you had libarchive-tar-perl version 1.38-3~etch1 installed,
can you confirm?

That version was never released from proposed-updates to etch proper
because of this very issue. See #531556.

> I removed libarchive-tar-perl and it's dependencies (mainly
> spamassassin) so I could continue the dist-upgrade and (re)installed
> spamassassin afterwards. Maybe here is the problem? Interrupted
> package installation? Or because of the install order (first
> perldoc, then perl)?

I still can't reproduce the problem, even with the problematic
libarchive-tar-perl installed. If you don't feel the logs from the upgrade
are too private, could you please send them to me in full (dpkg, aptitude,
apt) for further digging?

No need to copy the BTS, I think.

Thanks,
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org