Bug#489687: dvb-apps: contains /usr/lib/libdvbapi.a which is also in me-tv

[Ian MacKinnell]

I want to support this bug report with additional information.

Besides the conflict message, this bug causes a further problem. Me_tv 
should be using files provided by dvbapps to scan for available TV 
stations in the user's area when me_tv is first used.

Background:

In order to scan for local TV stations upon first use, me_tv recommends 
the obsolete dvb-utils package which contains out-of-date files for use 
by (dvb-utils) scan when constructing a valid channels.conf for me_tv. 
The correct (up-to-date) files are in dvb-apps, which replaces 
dvb-utils, but dvb-apps conflicts with me_tv (as this bug reports).

Example: I tried to scan for Sydney TV stations using me_tv, but I 
couldn't find any Seven Network stations (a digital TV in my house can 
receive these stations perfectly well). I checked the file used by 
(dvb-utils) scan 
(/usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/au-Sydney_North_Shore) and 
it had a wrong setting for the Seven Network (the value "2/3" should be 
"3/4"). When I checked the equivalent file 
(/usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Sydney_North_Shore) in dvb-apps, the setting 
for the Seven Network had been corrected. Using the corrected setting 
found in dvb-apps, scan and me_tv found all the Seven Network stations 
in the Sydney region.

So: me_tv currently relies on an out-of-date package (dvb-utils), and 
conflicts with the up-to-date replacement package (dvb-apps). This 
results in some stations being incorrectly scanned during first use of 
me_tv.