Summary of Package Overlaps -- preliminary
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One of the release requirements for 2.0 is that the --force-overwrite
flag for dpkg can be turned off by default. This means that there
should be no problematic overlaps between packages in the main
distribution. To help achieve that, I have decided to post a
summary of package overlaps every week.
I generate the raw material for this list with an awk script that
parses the Contents and Packages files. The script ignores
directories, and ignores overlaps between packages that conflict with
each other. The awk script was posted to debian-devel once, and
can also be found as part of bug report #12308.
I realised a few days ago that it is not enough for overlapping
packages to overlap by conflicting indirectly (i.e. via their
dependencies). They must must declare an explicit Conflicts
(or Replaces) relationship, or use diversions.
This summary is NOT yet adjusted to reflect that. I'm still working
through the overlaps that I marked as "harmless" because the packages
conflicted indirectly, and I will post an updated summary later.
This version of the summary is based on
hamm/Contents-i386 from 1998-01-05/16:29 (GMT)
hamm/main/Packages from 1998-01-06/14:05 (GMT)
hamm/non-free/Packages from 1998-01-06/14:06 (GMT)
hamm/contrib/Packages from 1998-01-05/14:16 (GMT)
I received a request to include the non-us packages. I can't do that
with my current scripts because they depend on the Contents file
generated on the master archive, which does not include non-us.
Richard Braakman
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Change history:
Version 1998-01-09 (19 overlaps)
Removed entry for kdebase and xbase. (kdebase uses diversion)
Removed entry for tetex-doc and tetex-base (fixed in tetex-doc 0.4pl8-3)
Removed entry for postgres95 and lprng (postgres95 superseded by postgresql)
Removed entry for libgif3g, libgif2, and giflib3g (libgif* were removed)
Removed entry for libtiff-tools and libtiff3-gif (libtiff3-gif removed)
Removed entry for kdebase and kdelibs0g (fixed in kde versions Beta1.2-2)
Removed entry for kdebase and kdegraphics (fixed in kde versions Beta1.2-2)
Removed entry for libkde0.9.00 and libkde0 (libkde* were removed)
Removed entry for adbbs and perl-curses (fixed in adbbs 2.1a-2)
Removed entry for tclmidi and mtools (fixed by tclmidi)
Removed entry for amaya-static and amaya (fixed in 1.1c-1)
Removed entry for ppd-adobe-extra and ppd-adobe misc (packages disappeared)
Removed entry for ax25utils, ax25-utils, and rspfd (old packages removed)
New entry for fvwm-common and gv
Adjusted e2compr entries, which now overlap with the new e2fs packages.
New entry for e2compr and e2fslibsg
New entry for pftp and netstd
New entry for msqlperl and libdbd-mysql-perl
New entry for libdbd-msql-perl and libdbd-mysql-perl
New entry for manpages-dev and funny-manpages
New entry for sane and cam
Version 1997-11-12 (25 overlaps)
Removed entry for bsdmainutils and zmailer (fixed in zmailer 2.99.49.8-1)
Removed entry for efax and mgetty-fax (overlap gone)
New entry for kdebase and kdelibs0g-dev (reported bugs)
New entry for kdebase and kdegraphics
New entry for kdebase and xbase
New entry for tclmidi and mtools (reported bug)
Version 1997-10-24 (23 overlaps)
Three new entries for e2compr and the new e2fs packages. (reported bug)
Removed entry for mkisofs and cdrecord. (fixed in cdrecord 1:1.5-2)
Removed entry for modutils and pcmcia-cs. (fixed in pcmcia-cs 2.9.11-1)
Removed entry for zlib1-altdev and xlib6-altdev. (fixed in xfree86 3.3.1-1)
Added ax25utils to entry for ax25-utils and rspfd.
Added giflib3g-dev to entry for libgif3g-dev and libgif2-dev.
Version 1997-10-15 (23 overlaps)
New entry for modutils and pcmcia-cs.
Removed entry for xslib and xlib6-altdev. (fixed in xlib6-altdev 3.3-7)
Removed entry for epic and ircii. (fixed in epic 3.004-3)
Version 1997-10-01 (24 overlaps)
Reported bugs for the new entries.
Removed entry for xslib and xslibg. (fixed in 3.3-6 versions)
Removed entry for man-db and libc6-dev. (fixed in man-db 2.3.10-52)
New entry for libgif3g-dev and libgif2-dev.
New entry for epic and ircii.
New entry for libtiff-tools and libtiff3-gif.
New entry for zlib1-altdev and xlib6-altdev.
New entry for xslib and xlib6-altdev.
Version 1997-09-24 (21 overlaps)
New entry for mkisofs and cdrecord. (Filed bugreport)
Version 1997-09-17 (20 overlaps)
New entry for xslib and xslibg. (Filed bugreport)
Noted the extra bug report for libgdbmg1-dev.
Noted the extra bug reports for the man-db and libc6-dev entry.
Removed both entries for apsfilter. (apsfilter moved to project/orphaned)
Removed entry for xless and linux86. (linux86 removed from hamm)
Removed entry for bin86 and linux86. (bin86 now conflicts with linux86)
Removed entry for abuse-lib and abuse-sfx. (abuse-lib removed from non-free)
Removed entry for javalex and java-lex. (java-lex removed from hamm)
Removed perlmagick from perlmagick/adbbs/perl-curses entry. (Fixed in 1.15-2)
Version 1997-09-10 (25 overlaps)
Reported bugs for the new entries.
Reported extra bugs for the adbbs, perlmagick, and perl-curses entry.
Added package names to all bug numbers.
Removed entry for libdl1-dev and manpages-dev since the new manpages-dev
now conflicts with the most recent libdl1-dev.
Added note to apsfilter entry.
Added entry for abuse-lib and abuse-sfx back in (see notes).
New entry for bin86 and linux86.
New entry for tetex-doc and tetex-base.
Removed entry for perl and libcgi-perl (libcgi-perl 2.76-2 diverts the files)
Removed entry for ncsa and cgi-scripts (fixed in ncsa 1.4.2-7).
Version 1997-09-04 (25 overlaps)
Marked orphaned packages.
Version 1997-08-28 (25 overlaps)
Removed both entries for speak-freely (fixed).
Removed entry for menu_1.5.2 and tkrat_1.0.3-3 (fixed in tkrat_1.0.3-4).
Reported bugs for all overlaps that were not reported yet.
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Overlaps:
Overlap between libgdbmg1-dev_1.7.3-21 and libc6-dev_2.0.6-2:
usr/include/ndbm.h
The file is identical in both packages. Since libgdbmg is designed
to be used with libc6, it should be able to assume that any program
that needs it will also need libc6-dev, and thus already have ndbm.h.
Reported as bug #10640 to libgdbmg1 and #12993 to libgdbmg1-dev.
Overlap between xless_1.7-5 and scilab_2.2-4 (non-free):
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XLess
scilab provides usr/lib/scilab/bin/xless. If this is not an xless
version, then this is a widget name collision. If it is, then it
should probably be made to use the xless package instead.
Reported as bug #9006 to scilab and #9008 to xless.
Overlap between ircii_2.9.3roof-1 and bitchx-lib_0.70-2:
[lots, in usr/lib/irc/]
It looks like these packages should conflict, or else bitchx (the
newcomer) should use a different location for its library files, if
possible. If the library files for both packages are identical,
it might be possible to put them in a separate package.
Reported as bug #8990 to ircii, and #8983 and #8413 to bitchx-lib.
Overlap between xtar-dmotif_1.4-2 (contrib) and xtar-smotif_1.4-2 (contrib):
usr/X11R6/bin/xtar
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTar
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xtar/xtar.doc
usr/X11R6/man/man1/xtar.1x.gz
usr/doc/xtar/README
usr/doc/xtar/README.HPPD
usr/doc/xtar/README.debian
usr/doc/xtar/buildinfo.Debian
usr/doc/xtar/changelog.Debian
usr/doc/xtar/copyright
These should probably conflict.
Reported as bugs #9004 to xtar-dmotif and #9009 to xtar-smotif.
Overlap between ftape-2.0.30_3.04d-1 and kernel-image-2.0.30_2.0.30-9:
lib/modules/2.0.30/misc/ftape.o
ftape checks in its preinst whether a lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ftape.o
exists and aborts if that is the case. But that will not help if
ftape is installed before kernel-image-2.0.30 is.
Reported as bug #12270 to ftape-2.0.30.
This bug has been closed by the ftape maintainer, who added a predepends
on kernel-image-2.0.30, but I'm not convinced that fixes it.
Overlap between xemacs19_19.16-1 and xemacs20_20.2-4:
usr/bin/pstogif
usr/bin/xemacs
Reported as bug #11962 to xemacs20 (shared with entry below)
Overlap between xemacs19-support_19.16-1 and xemacs20-support_20.2-4:
usr/lib/xemacs/lock
usr/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/debian-rundir.el
usr/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/site-start.el
Reported as bug #11962 to xemacs20 (shared with entry above)
Overlap between gnats_3.104-1, gnats-user_3.104-1 and xemacs20_20.2-4:
usr/bin/install-sid
usr/bin/send-pr
gnats conflicts with gnats-user, but neither conflicts with xemacs20.
Reported as bug #12276 to gnats and #12277 to xemacs20.
Overlap between amanda-client_2.3.0.4-2 and amanda_2.3.0.4-2:
usr/lib/amanda/amcat.awk
usr/lib/amanda/amplot.awk
usr/lib/amanda/amplot.g
usr/lib/amanda/amplot.gp
usr/lib/amanda/versionsuffix
usr/man/man8/amplot.8.gz
usr/man/man8/amrecover.8.gz
usr/man/man8/amrestore.8.gz
usr/sbin/amplot
usr/sbin/amrecover
usr/sbin/amrestore
The debian/rules file copies these from the amanda tree to the
amanda-client tree, so the overlap is probably not a mistake. If
these are really needed by both the server and client packages, then
perhaps there should be an amanda-common as well.
Reported as bug #11046 and #11943 to amanda.
Overlap between e2fslibsg-dev_1.10-9 and e2compr_1.06-2:
usr/include/ext2fs/bitops.h
usr/include/ext2fs/ext2_err.h
usr/include/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
usr/include/ext2fs/io.h
usr/include/ss/copyright.h
usr/include/ss/ss.h
usr/include/uuid/uuid.h
usr/lib/libe2p.a
usr/lib/libe2p.so
usr/lib/libext2fs.a
usr/lib/libext2fs.so
usr/lib/libss.a
usr/lib/libss.so
usr/lib/libuuid.a
usr/lib/libuuid.so
Package e2compr conflicts, provides, and replaces e2fsprogs. It
probably needs to be updated now that e2fsprogs has split into
several packages.
Reported as bug #14083 to e2compr.
The maintainer replies: "I am currently trying to develop a strategy
for getting e2compr properly packaged. The current mechanism is a
hack. This will be fixed then."
Overlap between comerrg-dev_1.10-9 and e2compr_1.06-2:
usr/include/et/com_err.h
usr/lib/libcom_err.a
usr/lib/libcom_err.so
usr/man/man1/compile_et.1.gz
usr/man/man3/com_err.3.gz
See above.
Overlap between e2compr_1.06-2 and comerr2g_1.10-9:
lib/libcom_err.so.2
lib/libcom_err.so.2.0
See above.
Overlap between e2compr_1.06-2 and e2fslibsg_1.10-9:
lib/libe2p.so.2
lib/libext2fs.so.2
lib/libss.so.2
lib/libss.so.2.0
lib/libuuid.so.1
See above.
Overlap between fvwm-common_2.0.46-BETA-1 and gv_1:3.5.8-4:
usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/mini-gv.xpm
Reported as #16373 to fvwm-common.
Overlap between pftp_0.6.7-2 and netstd_3.01-1:
usr/bin/pftp
usr/man/man1/pftp.1.gz
Already reported as bug #14192 to netstd, reassigned to pftp.
Overlap between msqlperl_1:0.91-2 and libdbd-mysql-perl_1.1821-1:
usr/lib/perl5/Msql.pm
usr/lib/perl5/Msql/Statement.pm
usr/man/man3/Msql.3pm.gz
Reported as bug#16784 to to msqlperl
msqlperl and libdbd-mysql-perl seem to be the same or similar packages.
(almost resolved)
Overlap between libdbd-msql-perl_0.91-2 and libdbd-mysql-perl_1.1821-1:
usr/lib/perl5/DBD/mSQL.pm
usr/man/man3/DBD::mSQL.3pm.gz
libdbd-msql-perl is built from the msqlperl sources (see above).
(almost resolved)
Overlap between manpages-dev_1.18-1 and funny-manpages_1.0-1:
usr/man/man3/strfry.3.gz
Reported as bug #16785 to funny-manpages
funny-manpages uses strfry as a joke function name, but it is
a real function in the GNU C library.
(almost resolved)
Overlap between sane_0.68-3 and cam_1.02-5:
usr/bin/xcam
Reported as bug #16786 to sane and #16787 to cam.
Both packages install an xcam binary, with different functionality.
(almost resolved)
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