[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#516689: undeclared conflicts with python-vtk

[Steve M. Robbins]

Package: paraview
Version: 3.4.0-2
Severity: serious

Trying to install the newest paraview (3.4.0-2) fails because it
includes /usr/bin/vtkpython, also in package python-vtk.

My initial reaction is that paraview should not be shipping this file.
I'm guessing it's there because paraview builds its own VTK.  If
paraview actually needs vtkpython, the safest bet would be to install
it hidden away in a private directory, IMHO.

Thanks for packaging paraview!

-Steve



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages paraview depends on:
ii  libavcodec51           0.svn20080206-17  ffmpeg codec library
ii  libavformat52          3:0.svn20090204-3 ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil49            3:0.svn20090204-3 ffmpeg utility library
ii  libc6                  2.9-3             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.3-4         GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-7           A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 7.0.3-7           The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  libhdf5-openmpi-1.6.6- 1.6.6-4           Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) 
ii  libice6                2:1.0.5-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libopenmpi1            1.3-2             high performance message passing l
ii  libqt4-assistant       4.4.3-2           Qt 4 assistant module
ii  libqt4-network         4.4.3-2           Qt 4 network module
ii  libqt4-xml             4.4.3-2           Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4             4.4.3-2           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4.4.3-2           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsm6                 2:1.1.0-2         X11 Session Management library
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.3-4           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.5-2         X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxt6                 1:1.0.5-3         X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  python2.5              2.5.4-1           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  qt4-dev-tools          4.4.3-2           Qt 4 development tools

Versions of packages paraview recommends:
ii  openmpi-bin                   1.3-2      high performance message passing l
ii  qt4-dev-tools                 4.4.3-2    Qt 4 development tools

Versions of packages paraview suggests:
pn  h5utils                       <none>     (no description available)
ii  hdf5-tools                    1.6.6-4    Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) 

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