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[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#394789: marked as forwarded (octave2.1-emacsen: conflicts with package otags)

Your message dated Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:36:57 +0200
with message-id <20061023183657.GI26993@laboissiere.net>
has caused the Debian Bug report #394789,
regarding octave2.1-emacsen: conflicts with package otags
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
author(s) bug@octave.org.

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[N.B.: This is a bug report filed against the Octave Debian package.]

* Ian Zimmerman <itz@madbat.mine.nu> [2006-10-23 02:20]:

> Package: octave2.1-emacsen
> Version: 1:2.1.73-12
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> This package installs a script /usr/bin/otags-x.y and sets up an
> alternative /usr/bin/otags to point to it.
> 
> Unfortunately, /usr/bin/otags is a program in the otags package
> (related to Ocaml).  Somehow octave2.1-emacsen's postinst overwrites
> the existing binary with the alternative link.  I don't understand how
> dpkg allowed that to happen; is it yet another bug in
> update-alternatives?  Anyhow, could you rename your otags to, say,
> octtags?

Why don't the Ocaml people change the name of their program to ocaml-tags?

Just kidding...

We could rename our otags program in the Debian package, but I would prefer
that the decision is taken upstream.  I am hereby forwarding this bug
report. 

-- 
Rafael

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