Bug#484778: libavcodec51: does conflict with libavcodeccvs51 but doesn't have Replaces/Conflicts field for it

[Reinhard Tartler]

reassign 484776 ffmpeg-free
severity normal
reassign 484778 ffmpeg-free
severity normal
merge 484585 484776 484779
stop

Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda at debian.at> writes:

> Package: libavcodec51
> Version: 0.svn20080206-8
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 7.4.

This report does not seem to relate to chapter ``7.4. Virtual packages -
`Provides''' of the debian policy manual. I think you meant section
7.5.1.

>
>         Hi!
> #v+
> dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libavcodec51_0.svn20080206-8_powerpc.deb (--unpack):
>  Versuche, »/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libavcodeccvs51 ist
> #v-

>  Sorry for german locale, but I guess you know the meaning of the two
> lines: libavcodec51 version 0.svn20080206-8 does contain the same file
> that libavcodeccvs51 contained - but doesn't conflict with it or have a
> replaces line for it.

which is a problem caused by using 3rd package repositories. It has been
reported previously, so I'm merging the relevant bugs.

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Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4