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libx11-6 / libx11-data conflict during upgrade from Dapper

Bug #176555 reported by Luca Falavigna
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libx11 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

I received this error during a Dapper => Hardy upgrade:

Unpacking libx11-data (from .../libx11-data_2%3a1.1.3-1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-data_2%3a1.1.3-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/X11/locale/armscii-8/XI18N_OBJS', which is also in package libx11-6
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-data_2%3a1.1.3-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

Using Conflicts: libx11-6 (<< 2:1.0.0-2) should fix this issue.

Changed in libx11:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Bryce: can you check if this one is OK?

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks Luca for the bugreport and the patch.

A Replaces instead of a Conflicts is the better choice here but otherwise it looks fine.

Cheers,
 mIchael

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Patch is available for upload here, along with a deb for testing:
   http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Uploads/

However, sounds like a fix is already coming down the pipe in debian, so maybe we can sync instead of carry our own change here.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package libx11 - 2:1.1.3-1ubuntu1

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libx11 (2:1.1.3-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  [Luca Falavigna <email address hidden>]
  * debian/control:
    - add Conflicts to libx11-6 (<< 2:1.0.0-2) in libx11-data to perform
      a clean upgrade from Dapper (closes LP: #176555)
    - update Maintainer field as per spec

  [Bryce Harrington]
  * debian/control:
    - The Conflicts should really be a Replaces (as per mvo)

 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:12:54 -0800

Changed in libx11:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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