Bug#263061: broken dependencies tetex-bin Conflicts: tetex-base (<= 2.0.2a-1)

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> wrote:

> Since you are using unstable, you should know how to find out whether
> this is the case:
>
> http://incoming.debian.org/

Dear Frank,

I downloaded the latest packages (versions are showned below) from
'incoming' but I think there still is a problem:

# dpkg -i /tmp/tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb /tmp/tetex-base_2.0.2a-2_all.deb /tmp
/tetex-extra_2.0.2a-2_all.deb  
dpkg: regarding .../tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb containing tetex-bin:
 tetex-bin conflicts with tetex-base (<= 2.0.2a-1)
  tetex-base (version 2.0.2-9) is installed.
dpkg: error processing /tmp/tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing tetex-bin
dpkg: regarding .../tetex-base_2.0.2a-2_all.deb containing tetex-base:
 tetex-base conflicts with tetex-bin (<= 2.0.2-15)
  tetex-bin (version 2.0.2-15) is installed.
dpkg: error processing /tmp/tetex-base_2.0.2a-2_all.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing tetex-base
dpkg: regarding .../tetex-extra_2.0.2a-2_all.deb containing tetex-extra:
 tetex-extra conflicts with tetex-base (<< 2.0.2a)
  tetex-base (version 2.0.2-9) is installed.
dpkg: error processing /tmp/tetex-extra_2.0.2a-2_all.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing tetex-extra
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb
 /tmp/tetex-base_2.0.2a-2_all.deb
 /tmp/tetex-extra_2.0.2a-2_all.deb

This means that if you have "too old" versions of tetex-base and
tetex-bin installed, you cannot upgrade directly to the latest versions
because neither tetex-bin nor tetex-base can be unpacked due to the
Conflicts. One way work around the problem is to remove (not even purge)
tetex-base and tetex-bin and then install the new versions. But as
things currently are, I cannot see how upgrades from woody will work.

If you describe the rationale behind the dependencies in the latest
versions, we'll probably be able to work out a good solution to the
problem.

Thanks.

P.S.: - congrats for your wedding!
      - sorry for posting this just before you leave, but I'm just back
        from a small trip. I wish new nice holidays.

-- 
Florent