Bug#637975: iceape-browser: depends on iceape which conflicts with iceape-browser

[Sven Joachim]

On 2011-08-16 10:06 +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:49:40AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Package: iceape-browser
>> Version: 2.0.14-6
>> Severity: grave
>> 
>> The traditional iceape-browser package is not installable because iceape
>> declares an unversioned Conflicts with it.  That very much defeats the
>> purpose of the traditional package.
>
> Can you explain what your problem is exactly? I tested upgrade paths,
> and it worked. If you're not upgrading, why do you want to install
> iceape-browser when the package you want is iceape? If you are
> upgrading, please paste the error you get from apt.

I did "aptitude safe-upgrade", noticed packages that were hold back and
iceape-browser was among them.  Then I tried "aptitude install
iceape-browser" which does not find a satisfactory solution.

> If this is only theoretical from the dependencies of the package,
> well, that was on purpose ;)

It is true that both "aptitude full-upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade"
would work, but then iceape is in danger of getting autoremoved
immediately.  Since most systems have packages installed that depend
on or recommend www-browser or mail-reader, this is not likely to happen
for many people, but the danger is there.

You can avoid that by using versioned Conflicts (or better, Breaks) and
leaving the cleanup of the transitional package to the sysadmin.  Then
"aptitude safe-upgrade" actually works.

Cheers,
       Sven