Bug#1104178: dh-elpa-helper: upgrade fails: cannot overwrite non-directory ... with directory

[David Bremner <david@tethera.net>]

Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:

>
> I think we understand the issue well and the fix has been tested with
> the previous version of emacsen-common (which also means to reproduce
> one needs to use snapshot.d.o), so I wouldn't worry to much about the
> risk of the fix and would like to see this as part of Trixie to prevent
> any unforeseen failure.
>
> Let me know if you all agree and I'll prepare a new debian/trixie branch
> with the fixes only.

I'm not concerned so much with the risk of the fix as with the necessity
of it. I suggest filing a pre-approval bug with the release team to
avoid extra work/uploads if they are not convinced.

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