Bug#40977: dpkg fails to overwite and returns error
>>>>> "Antti-Juhani" == Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi> writes:
>> 2) This is new,
Antti-Juhani> It has been done with previous unstables.
I've been using unstable for years and did not notice that...
>> Once you've got such a package, dselect fails automatically...
Antti-Juhani> True. But the bug is in the offending package, not in dpkg. Do you
Antti-Juhani> file a bug in LaTeX if it chokes on invalid input? I wouldn't.
Do you expect me to send a bug in 30% of packages??? Why do debian
maintainer not do the precheck via the file list instead of putting
the work via deferred means on users shoulders...
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