upgrade breakage: file conflict with gaim-data

Bug #77070 reported by Colin Watson
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gaim (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gaim

Preparing to replace gaim 1:2.0.0+beta5-3ubuntu2 (using .../gaim_1%3a2.0.0+beta5-9ubuntu1_powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gaim ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gaim_1%3a2.0.0+beta5-9ubuntu1_powerpc.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/gaim-remote', which is also in package gaim-data
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: considering removing gaim in favour of gaim-data ...
dpkg: yes, will remove gaim in favour of gaim-data.
Preparing to replace gaim-data 1:2.0.0+beta5-3ubuntu2 (using .../gaim-data_1%3a2.0.0+beta5-9ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
De-configuring ubuntu-desktop, to allow removal of gaim ...
De-configuring nautilus-sendto, to allow removal of gaim ...
Unpacking replacement gaim-data ...

Looks like an insufficient Replaces; and "yes, will remove gaim in favour of gaim-data" suggests that Conflicts+Replaces is being used inappropriately when just Replaces would do.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug, that upload fixes the bug:

 gaim (1:2.0.0+beta5-9ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/control:
     - updated Replaces version for Ubuntu (Ubuntu: #77070)

The Debian package use Conflicts and Replaces, I've not changed that, just updated the version

Changed in gaim:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

I've noticed that with this upload ubuntu-desktop, gaim and nautilus-sendto get uninstalled during an upgrade:

The following packages will be REMOVED
  gaim nautilus-sendto ubuntu-desktop
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gaim-data

Is this intentional?

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Matthew East (mdke) wrote :

Ah, my bad - maybe this upload hasn't hit my mirror yet.

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Michael Bienia (geser) wrote :

This seems to be a broken Conflicts and Replaces fields in gaim 1:2.0.0+beta5-9ubuntu2 (see bug #77357).

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