Bug#381607: [Pkg-texlive-maint] Bug#381607: textlive-common: Trying to overwrite file that is also in texlive-doc-base

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Micah!

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006, Micah Anderson wrote:
> > Upgrades from -1 are not supported, -1 were experimental packages.
> 
> I do not recall installing texlive-doc-base from experimental, however,
> I do not see where else I could have gotten it from, as I don't see -1
> uploaded to unstable ever.

At second thought I am quite suprised what has happened at your place.
Can you tell me (I know that is too late now) WHAT packages of texlive
2005-1 you had installed?!

> > Next version will have the preinst code for upgrade in all packages.
> 
> Great, I'm glad something good came out of this, instead of me just
> wasting your time :)

The funny thing that I checked now and the code is already in all
packages, so I am really suprised that no preinst script actually hit
the warning message.

My idea of what should happen in an upgrade situation was:
- texlive-base-bin, texlive-doc-base and whatever else is installed
  in version 2005-1
- all of the packages are tried to be upgraded to the -2 version
- the preinst scripts of the packages are unpacked and executed.
  and here the warning message with the exit 1 should have happened.

Strange that it didn't.

Best wishes

Norbert

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