Bug#767554: python-persistent and python-zodb: error when trying to install together
Arnaud Fontaine
arnau at debian.org
Wed Nov 12 08:50:15 UTC 2014
Hello,
Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> writes:
> Package: python-persistent,python-zodb
> Version: 4.0.8-1
> Severity: serious
> User: treinen at debian.org
> Usertags: edos-file-overwrite
> Control: found -1 1:3.9.7-2
First of all, thanks for finding and reporting such issues, it's greatly
appreciated!
> Selecting previously unselected package python-zodb.
> Preparing to unpack .../python-zodb_1%3a3.9.7-2_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking python-zodb (1:3.9.7-2) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/python-zodb_1%3a3.9.7-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/persistent/wref.py', which is also in package python-persistent 4.0.8-1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/python-zodb_1%3a3.9.7-2_amd64.deb
>
> This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail, and violates
> sections 7.6.1 and 10.1 of the policy. An optimal solution would
> consist in only one of the packages installing that file, and renaming
> or removing the file in the other package. Depending on the
> circumstances you might also consider Replace relations or file
> diversions. If the conflicting situation cannot be resolved then, as a
> last resort, the two packages have to declare a mutual
> Conflict. Please take into account that Replaces, Conflicts and
> diversions should only be used when packages provide different
> implementations for the same functionality.
>
> Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
> (according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be
> slightly out of sync):
>
> usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/persistent/__init__.py
> [...]
From upstream point of view, ZODB3 (aka python-zodb in Debian) used to
include persistent, BTrees, ZODB and ZEO modules. However, since ZODB3
3.11.0a1, upstream has split it up into 4 distinct packages (one for
each module), bump the version to 4.0 and made ZODB3 a "metapackage"
depending on all of them.
As of fixing this RC bug for Jessie: Among the four, only persistent
package is currently available in Debian, so there is no way to get rid
of ZODB3 (at least for Jessie). Barry: If persistent >= 4.0 Debian
package is useful on its own to anyone (and thus should not be removed
From testing), then can I add a Conflict on both packages and upload
them to fix this bug?
Cheers,
--
Arnaud Fontaine
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