Debian Bug report logs - #824751
zfsutils-linux,zutils: error when trying to install together

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: zfsutils-linux,zutils: error when trying to install together

Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 14:18:09 +0200

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Package: zfsutils-linux,zutils
Severity: serious
User: treinen@debian.org
Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
Control: found -1 0.6.5.6-2
Control: found -1 1.4-2

Hi,

automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the
same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has
detected the following problem:

  Preparing to unpack .../zutils_1.4-2_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking zutils (1.4-2) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/zutils_1.4-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/ztest.1.gz', which is also in package zfsutils-linux 0.6.5.6-2

This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail, and violates
sections 7.6.1 and 10.1 of the policy. An optimal solution would
consist in only one of the packages installing that file, and renaming
or removing the file in the other package. Depending on the
circumstances you might also consider Replace relations or file
diversions. If the conflicting situation cannot be resolved then, as a
last resort, the two packages have to declare a mutual
Conflict. Please take into account that Replaces, Conflicts and
diversions should only be used when packages provide different
implementations for the same functionality.

Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
(according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be
slightly out of sync):

  /usr/share/man/man1/ztest.1.gz

This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of
the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will
resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package. You may
also register in the BTS that the other package is affected by the bug.

Cheers,

Andreas

PS: for more information about the detection of file overwrite errors
of this kind see https://qa.debian.org/dose/file-overwrites.html

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Message #14 received at 824751@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.com>

To: <824751@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#824751: zfsutils-linux,zutils: error when trying to install together

Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 15:37:04 +0200

Hi,

how about renaming ztest in zfsutils to zfstest?

Regards,
Daniel

Message #21 received at 824751@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>

To: daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.com, 824751@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#824751: zfsutils-linux, zutils: error when trying to install together

Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 21:23:34 +0200

[Daniel Baumann]
> Hi,
>
> how about renaming ztest in zfsutils to zfstest?

I had a look at how this was handled in zfsutils on kfreebsd, and
according to
<URL:https://packages.debian.org/sid/kfreebsd-amd64/zfsutils/filelist>
the package do not have any ztest.1 manual page.

I suspect we should discuss with the kFreeBSD maintainers how to best
handle this situation on both Linux and kFreeBSD.

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

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