Debian bug report logs - #1446 `elv-fmt' conflicts with `textutils' Package: elv-fmt ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; Done: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Fri Oct 13 12:44:08 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t3q1X-000DjMC; Fri, 13 Oct 95 12:44 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26996 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 13 Oct 1995 12:43:43 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id OAA18704; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:42:52 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id OAA03549; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:42:50 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20428; Fri, 13 Oct 95 12:42:29 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02746; Fri, 13 Oct 95 12:42:20 PDT Date: Fri, 13 Oct 95 12:42:20 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9510131942.AA02746@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1446: elv-fmt' conflicts with Cc: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Conflicts with textutils removed. elv-fmt and texturils will now happily overwrite one anothers fmt programs and man pages when installed or upgraded. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Ian Jackson : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Fri Sep 22 07:08:11 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sw8lv-000G6LC; Fri, 22 Sep 95 07:08 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27739 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 22 Sep 1995 07:07:54 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sw8kp-000C1DC; Fri, 22 Sep 95 15:07 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Fri, 22 Sep 95 12:59 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 12:59 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: `elv-fmt' conflicts with `textutils' Package: elv-fmt The `elv-fmt' package lists a conflict with `textutils'. This is very dangerous, as it is a request by the elv-fmt maintainer that textutils be removed if elv-fmt is installed. If (as is the case at the moment) the textutils package is erroneously not marked as Essential this may cause textutils to be deinstalled, leaving the user with a broken system. If textutils _is_ marked as essential it will simply be impossible to install elv-fmt without using --force-conflicts (or --force-remove-essential). I plan to provide a better solution to this kind of problem, but at the moment the best answer is simply to overwrite the file without declaring a conflict. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1446 ; Package elv-fmt . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov