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k3b package

Package upgrade removes k3b's extracodecs

Bug #268531 reported by ^rooker
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
k3b (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: k3b

Distro: Kubuntu Hardy.

Upgrading k3b from (1.0.4-2ubuntu4) to (1.0.5-1ubuntu4~hardy1) causes the package "libk3b2-extracodecs" to be removed, instead of being upgraded to "libk3b3-extracodecs".

As suspected, this prevents k3b from handling codecs it could handle before the update, giving the following error-message:
"Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format"

Workaround:
- install "libk3b3-extracodecs" manually.

Seems trivial, but might be a show-stopper for regular users.

Tags: packaging

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/k3b
Andreas Moog (ampelbein)
Changed in k3b:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

"regular" users don't have hardy-backports activated.

Changed in k3b:
assignee: nobody → apachelogger
importance: Low → Medium
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^rooker (rooker) wrote :

I wouldn't be too sure of that, because "regular" users probably got their computer installed by a "non-regular" user. :)
However, it would also be nice to avoid possible hazzle for skilled users - especially breaking something that used to work previously.

This error is very likely to go unnoticed until someone wants to burn a CD and is in a hurry.

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Paul Bransford (draeath) wrote :

Are the backports repositories "supported"? If so, this dependency should be fixed.

Besides, who is to say what "regular" users will have? Perhaps someone was told, or discovered how, to add the repository? After all, adding that one is quite easy (it's right there in the repo administration applet). Also, define "regular" user...

You see, that's a very tenuous argument to go on.

Anyways. I'm confirming that I see this on the amd64 arch as well, I assume the original reporter was i386?

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Paul Bransford (draeath) wrote :

That said, I have no idea how one would fix this, short of abstaining from putting a version number as part of the package name?

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Get some sarcasm.

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Paul Bransford (draeath) wrote :

I don't think sarcasm belongs on a bug tracker.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

I probably don't either. Unassigning from this bug.

Changed in k3b:
assignee: apachelogger → nobody
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package k3b - 1.0.5-1ubuntu6

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k3b (1.0.5-1ubuntu6) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Add transitional package for libk3b2-extracodecs (LP: #268531)

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:27:00 +0200

Changed in k3b:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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