gdebi fails to install gnucash (misinterprets conflicts)

Bug #484097 reported by Gabor Karsay
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gdebi
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Bug Description

While building a new version of gnucash (trying to hunt down a bug), I noticed that GDebi 0.5.9 can't install it, but dpkg can. GDebi can't install the original version either, so here are the steps to reproduce:

$ sudo apt-get remove gnucash gnucash-commmon
$ wget http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnucash/gnucash-common_2.2.9-0ubuntu4_all.deb
$ wget http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnucash/gnucash_2.2.9-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb # or i386
$ sudo gdebi gnucash-common_2.2.9-0ubuntu4_all.deb
$ sudo gdebi gnucash_2.2.9-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb # or i386
# Output of last command is:
Reading package lists: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
Reading state information: Done
This package is uninstallable
Breaks exisiting package 'gnucash-common' conflict: gnucash (< 2.2.9-0ubuntu4)

$ sudo dpkg -i gnucash_2.2.9-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb # this works

The source package is gnucash 2.2.9, it creates the two binaries gnucash and gnucash-common. This is a snippet from its /debian/control:

Package: gnucash-common
Architecture: all
Conflicts: gnucash (<< ${source:Version})
Recommends: gnucash (>= ${source:Version})
Replaces: gnucash (<< 1.8.8-5)

Changed in gdebi:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :
Changed in gdebi:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

Fixed in 0.6.1

Changed in gdebi:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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