[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#507139: Bug#507139: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libdb-4.6.la', which is also in package libdb-dev

[Clint Adams]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:54:18PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> Package: libdb4.6-dev
> Version: 4.6.21-12
> Severity: serious
> 
> Hi,
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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.