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[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#786888: marked as done (Fails to install)

Your message dated Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:30:48 +0200
with message-id <20150603193048.GP32370@laboissiere.net>
and subject line Re: Bug#786888: Fails to install
has caused the Debian Bug report #786888,
regarding Fails to install
to be marked as done.

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Package: octave-info
Version: 3.8.2-4
Severity: serious

Hi!

octave-info fails to install:

$ dpkg -i octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb 2>&1 | tee /tmp/octave
dpkg: considering removing octave3.2-info in favour of octave-info ...
dpkg: yes, will remove octave3.2-info in favour of octave-info
(Reading database ... 608326 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb ...
install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
dpkg: error processing archive octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb (--install):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages octave3.2-info depends on:
ii  dpkg          1.17.24
ii  info          5.2.0.dfsg.1-6
ii  install-info  5.2.0.dfsg.1-6

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* Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> [2015-06-03 18:59]:


You have tagged this RC bug as wontfix.  Unfortunately:
* An RC bug is still an RC bug even if it is tagged wontfix. E.g. it still counts against the Stretch release. => It needs either a resolution or a downgrade.
I do not know all the details of the bug, so I am possibly not the best to give advice on how to deal with this case. That said:
* If this is caused by following a proper oldoldstable => oldstable => stable and octave packages simply failed to properly ensure the removal of the package being replaced, then the bug is valid and open. => In this case consider backporting a fix to Jessie for 8.2.
* If we are dealing with a "oldoldstable => stable" jump without upgrading to oldstable first, then it is a known unsupported case and the bug can be closed. => If desired, you /might/ still be able to get a backported fix approved for Jessie. Though I am not sure if the SRMs agree on this. 

Thank you for the thorough explanation, Niels.
I checked the upgrade path oldoldstable => oldstable => stable by starting from a fresh squeeze schroot. I then installed in it the version of octave3.2-info in squeeze: 

   octave3.2-info_3.2.4-8

then upgraded to the version of octave-info in wheezy:

   octave-info_3.6.2-5+deb7u1

and then to the version in jessie:

   octave-info_3.8.2-4
All upgrades went smoothly, the initial octave3.2-info package was removed, and the replacing package octave-info was installed. 

I am hereby closing this bug report.

Best,

Rafael
P.S.: Mark Miller posted a workaround for this problem in a previous message, just in case other users need a fix for this "bug".
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