[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#394789: octave2.1-emacsen: conflicts with package otags

[Ian Zimmerman]

Package: octave2.1-emacsen
Version: 1:2.1.73-12
Severity: normal


This package installs a script /usr/bin/otags-x.y and sets up an
alternative /usr/bin/otags to point to it.

Unfortunately, /usr/bin/otags is a program in the otags package
(related to Ocaml).  Somehow octave2.1-emacsen's postinst overwrites
the existing binary with the alternative link.  I don't understand how
dpkg allowed that to happen; is it yet another bug in
update-alternatives?  Anyhow, could you rename your otags to, say,
octtags?

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