[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#454348: m-a creates a package which is already in the deb pool - conflicting package names

[Patrick Matthäi]

Package: virtualbox-ose-source
Version: 1.5.2-dfsg2-3
Severity: grave

Hello,

currently in the sid main pool exists a package named for example 
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7 which contains the following data:

gnu:~# dpkg -L virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7
/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7/copyright
/lib
/lib/modules
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/extra
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/extra/virtualbox-ose
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/extra/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose.ko

On the other side, I've to create with modul-assistent the vboxdrv 
kernel modul, so I had installed virtualbox-ose-source. Then I have to 
create the module for example with:
# m-a a-i virtualbox-ose

This creates a package called virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7, too! 
The content of the package differs from the one of the repository:

gnu:~# dpkg -L virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7
/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-3-k7/copyright
/lib
/lib/modules
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/misc
/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/misc/vboxdrv.ko

So in the package created from m-a is my vboxdrv kernel module, which is 
needed for virtualbox.

The version of the m-a created package is: 1.5.2-dfsg2-3+2
The one of the Debian main pool is: 2.6.22+1.5.2-dfsg2-9

So every time I had successful installed the kernel module package, apt 
upgrade will replace the package with the one from the main pool, where 
the kernel module is missing and so on I can't use virtualbox.

-- 
Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards,
Patrick Matthäi

E-Mail: patrick.matthaei at web.de
Homepage: http://www.Linux-Dev.org/