On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 00:39 -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Source: linux-tools > Version: 3.7.1-1~experimental.1 > Severity: important > Justification: file conflict waiting to happen > > Today I tried to update linux-tools. > > | # dpkg -i /var/cache/pbuilder/result/linux-tools-3.8_3.8-1~experimental.1_amd64.deb > | (Reading database ... 137118 files and directories currently installed.) > | Unpacking linux-tools-3.8 (from .../linux-tools-3.8_3.8-1~experimental.1_amd64.deb) ... > | dpkg: error processing /var/cache/pbuilder/result/linux-tools-3.8_3.8-1~experimental.1_amd64.deb (--install): > | trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/perf', which is also in package linux-tools-3.7 3.7.1-1~experimental.1 > | dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) > | Errors were encountered while processing: > | /var/cache/pbuilder/result/linux-tools-3.8_3.8-1~experimental.1_amd64.deb > > Filing so it's not forgotten. I think we need to put a completion script for 'perf' in linux-base, but have it pull in the version-specific completion script somehow. (I've never worked on these previously.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Never attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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