[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#493892: marked as done (gpsdrive-data: Missing conflict with gpsdrive?)

Luk Claes luk at zomers.be
Thu Aug 7 14:28:24 UTC 2008


> When upgrading my sid chroot just now, I noticed this message about a
> conflict between gpsdrive-data and gpsdrive:
> 
>   [...]
>   Unpacking gpsdrive-data (from .../gpsdrive-data_2.10~pre4-4_all.deb) ...
>   dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gpsdrive-data_2.10~pre4-4_all.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite `/usr/share/gpsdrive/pixmaps/battery.png', which is also in package gpsdrive
>   dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>   Preparing to replace gpsdrive 2.10~pre4-3 (using .../gpsdrive_2.10~pre4-4_i386.deb) ...
>   Unpacking replacement gpsdrive ...
>   [...]

>  gpsdrive (2.10~pre4-5) unstable; urgency=low
>  .
>    * Add missing Replaces to the gpsdrive-data package
>      and add a dependency on gpsdrive. (Closes: #493892)

I don't see why a Depends is needed, the Recommends seems fine and the 
Replaces should solve the reported bug?

Cheers

Luk





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