[Pkg-mediawiki-devel] Bug#748941: Bug#748941: mediawiki-classes: fails to install, trying to overwrite other packages files

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Thu, 22 May 2014, Holger Levsen wrote:

>   Preparing to unpack .../mediawiki-classes_1%3a1.19.15+dfsg-2_all.deb ...
>   Unpacking mediawiki-classes (1:1.19.15+dfsg-2) ...
>   dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/mediawiki-
> classes_1%3a1.19.15+dfsg-2_all.deb (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite 
> '/usr/share/mediawiki/includes/libs/IEUrlExtension.php', which is also in 
> package mediawiki 1:1.19.15+dfsg-0+deb7u1

Yes, the last stable update doesn’t mesh that well with what
is in unstable. Does this work if you first recompile the
wheezy package with…

http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-mediawiki?view=revision&revision=544

…applied, then upgrade from it to jessie/sid?

I can look at this Monday at the earliest. Learning about web
security right now…

bye,
//mirabilos
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