Bug#366504: vim-runtime: Overwrites /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent in vim-common

[Frans Pop]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this bug is really totally fixed now, although I'm seeing
it in reverse...

During an upgrade today of an unstable box that had not been updated in a
while, I got the following situation:

Preparing to replace vim 1:6.4-007+1 (using .../vim_1%3a7.0-017+5_sparc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vim ...
Preparing to replace vim-common 1:6.4-007+1 (using .../vim-common_1%3a7.0-017+5_sparc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vim-common ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-common_1%3a7.0-017+5_sparc.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/vim/vimcurrent', which is also in package vim-runtime
dpkg: considering removing vim-common in favour of vim-runtime ...
dpkg: yes, will remove vim-common in favour of vim-runtime.
Preparing to replace vim-runtime 1:6.4-007+1 (using .../vim-runtime_1%3a7.0-017+5_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vim-runtime ...
[...]
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/vim-common_1%3a7.0-017+5_sparc.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
[...]
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vim:
 vim depends on vim-common (= 1:7.0-017+5); however:
  Package vim-common is not installed.
dpkg: error processing vim (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
[...]
Setting up vim-runtime (7.0-017+5) ...
[...]
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vim
Press return to continue.


This left vim in a broken state. Running aptitude again did solve the
problem:

Unpacking vim-common (from .../vim-common_1%3a7.0-017+5_sparc.deb) ...
Setting up vim-common (7.0-017+5) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/vim/vimrc ...

Setting up vim (7.0-017+5) ...
rmdir: /usr/share/doc/vim: Directory not empty

Press return to continue.


All in all not a very clean upgrade.

Cheers,
FJP

P.S. Note that this bug is closed. I'll leave it to you if you want to
reopen based on this report.
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