Debian Bug report logs - #22698
FIXED in NMU [was: dpkg-dev: File conflicts with that in dpkg]

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>

Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 09:33:01 UTC

Severity: fixed

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#22698; Package dpkg-dev. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

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

From: <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dpkg-dev: File conflicts with that in dpkg
Date: 21 May 1998 09:25:50 -0000
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0.22

(Reading database ... 19094 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dpkg-dev (from dpkg-dev_1.4.0.22.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing dpkg-dev_1.4.0.22.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/doc/dpkg/packaging.html/index.html', which is also in package dpkg
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dpkg-dev_1.4.0.22.deb

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name            Version        Description
+++-===============-==============-============================================
ii  dpkg            1.4.0.21       Package maintenance system for Debian Linux

I upgraded dpkg to version 1.4.0.22, and the conflict goes away.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (frozen)
Kernel Version: Linux snoopy 2.1.96 #1 Wed Apr 15 23:53:23 EST 1998 i486 unknown

Changed bug title. Request was from James Troup <james@nocrew.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Noted your statement that bug has been forwarded to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk. Request was from Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-dev' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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