[Splashy-devel] Bug#506057: splashy: Splashy fails to install due to missing default theme

[Eric Price]

clone 506057 -1
reassign -1 desktop-base
retitle -1 desktop-base: Missing conflicts on splashy (<< 0.3.12)
retitle 506057 splashy: Missing conflicts on desktop-base (<< 5.0.2)
thanks

CC-ing debian-release because I think they'll need to be involved with
the upgrade.

I experienced the same problem; it's a variant of #501315, and fixed
in sid except for the upgrade path.  It's caused by desktop-base
expecting /etc/splashy/themes to be a directory and splashy making it
a symlink.  The sequence of operations is:

Install desktop-base:
 Creating /etc/splashy/themes/moreblue-orbit
Install splashy:
 Creating /usr/share/splashy/themes/default
 Failing to overwrite /etc/splashy/themes to be a symlink to
  /usr/share/splashy/themes
 Failing to find /etc/splashy/themes/default

These are fixed in desktop-base 5.0.2 and splashy 0.3.12-1 in sid, but
the upgrade path still isn't correct.  Using new splashy with old
desktop-base or vice versa will still give errors, so ideally splashy
and desktop-base would Conflict: with each other's old versions.

Also, both packages need to be migrated to lenny at the same time.

Eric