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Bug#815897: marked as done (apache2-utils: Conflicting /usr/sbin/httxt2dbm when upgrading from Squeeze to Jessie)

Your message dated Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:43:15 +0100 (CET)
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and subject line Re: Bug#815897: apache2-utils: Conflicting /usr/sbin/httxt2dbm when upgrading from Squeeze to Jessie
has caused the Debian Bug report #815897,
regarding apache2-utils: Conflicting /usr/sbin/httxt2dbm when upgrading from Squeeze to Jessie
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Package: apache2-utils
Version: 2.2.16-6+squeeze15
Severity: normal

When upgrading my system from Squeeze to Jessie using apt-get dist-upgrade, I get this error:

Preparing to replace apache2-utils 2.2.16-6+squeeze15 (using .../apache2-utils_2.4.10-10+deb8u4_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement apache2-utils ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/apache2-utils_2.4.10-10+deb8u4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/sbin/httxt2dbm', which is also in package apache2.2-bin 2.2.16-6+squeeze15
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.10
  APT prefers squeeze-lts
  APT policy: (500, 'squeeze-lts'), (500, 'oldoldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldoldstable'), (300, 'oldstable'), (200, 'stable'), (100, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apache2-utils depends on:
pn  libapr1                <none>            (no description available)
pn  libaprutil1            <none>            (no description available)
ii  libc6                  2.19-18+deb8u3    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8o-4squeeze23 SSL shared libraries

apache2-utils recommends no packages.

apache2-utils suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, Bob Proulx wrote:

> Frederik Himpe wrote:
> > When upgrading my system from Squeeze to Jessie using apt-get dist-upgrade,
> >...
> 
> Upgrades are supported from one major release to the next major
> release.  The next dist-upgrade from Debian 6 "Squeeze" is to Debian 7
> "Wheezy".  This file ownership transition is handled in the Wheezy
> upgrade.  Then the next upgrade is to Debian 8 "Jessie".  Going from
> Debian 6 Squeeze to Debian 8 Jessie skips the necessary step of the
> Debian 7 packages and skips all of the postinst scripts there.  That
> is why skipping major releases is not a supportable option.
> 
> As such this is not a bug in the apache2 package.  This is simply a
> usage error in skipping the required intermediate upgrades along the
> way.

Bob's assessment is correct. There is nothing that can be fixed in the 
apache2 packages and I am closing the bug.

Maybe apt should somehow warn in this case...

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