Bug#494512: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice/program/classes/hsqldb.jar'

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

Hi,

Julien Danjou wrote:
> Preparing to replace openoffice.org-base 1:2.4.1-3~bpo40+1 (using
> .../openoffice.org-base_1%3a2.4.1-6_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-base ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-base_1%3a2.4.1-6_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/openoffice/program/classes/hsqldb.jar',
> which is also in package openoffice.org-java-common
> 
> ii  openoffice.org-java 1:2.4.1-3~bpo40+1   OpenOffice.org office suite
> Java support arch. indepen
> 
> I don't set this as serious since it's probably only a bug when
> upgrading from backport. You are even free to close and ignore this, but

Indeed. And that just because etch has an old(er) hsqldb and we this use
the copy shipped in the OpenOffice.org sources (and the bug here is that
the location package-wise of the hsqldb.jar symlink in sid and the hsqldb.jar
file in the backoprt differ)

*sigh*

I'll have a look...

Regards,

Rene