[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#507139: Time to close this bug?

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Neil Williams <codehelp at debian.org> writes:

> severity 507139 important
> tag 507139 + unreproducible
> thanks
>
>> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:14:26 +0000
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.6-dev.
>> > Unpacking libdb4.6-dev
>> > (from .../libdb4.6-dev_4.6.21-12_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error
>> > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb4.6-dev_4.6.21-12_amd64.deb
>> > (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libdb-4.6.la', which is
>> > also in package libdb-dev dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by
>> > signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to replace libdb-dev 4.6.21-8
>> > (using .../libdb-dev_4.7.25.2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement
>> > libdb-dev ...
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Setting up libdb4.6 (4.6.21-12) ...
>> > (Reading database ... 158303 files and directories currently
>> > installed.) Unpacking libdb4.6-dev
>> > (from .../libdb4.6-dev_4.6.21-12_amd64.deb) ...
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > 
>> > You are missing a versioned replaces on libdb-dev it seems.
>> 
>> Since no version of libdb-dev in Debian contains that file, I do not
>> consider this serious.
>
> It is still severity serious, there is no such file in libdb-dev - has
> this one just been forgotten?
>
> Downgrading it for now - feel free to clarify or close.

The problem is not that the file IS NOW in libdb-dev in Debian but
that IT WAS. At least I don't believe I ever compiled my own libdb.

As you can see from the above once libdb-dev was updated from 4.6.21-8
to 4.7.25.2 the installation of libdb4.6-dev succeeded.

I'm assuming libdb-dev was renamed to libdb4.6-dev when 4.7 was
uploaded and then a "Replaces: libdb-dev (<< 4.7)" is needed.

MfG
        Goswin