Bug#568515: E: unable to schedule circular actions

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 08:54:51PM +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
> package libcupt-perl openoffice.org-l10n-pt-br openoffice.org-core
> reassign 568515 openoffice.org-l10n-pt-br,openoffice.org-core
> retitle 568515 [openoffice.org] mutual conflicts
> thanks
> 
> Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote:
> > Package: libcupt-perl
> > Version: 1.5.3
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Eugene, hi!
> > 
> > As we were talking later:
> > 
> > =======
> > # cupt -t experimental install openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-common
> > Performing requested actions:
> > E: unable to schedule circular actions 'unpack openoffice.org-l10n-pt-br 1:3.2.0~rc4-1, unpack openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0~rc4-1'
> > E: error performing command 'install'
> It turns that in this particular case this is a bug of experimental
> openoffice.org packages.

Interestingly, apt does it correctly. (aptitude only in the second
suggestion). What does cupt do different than apt and aptitude?

> To openoffice.org maintainers:
> 
> The cause of the bug is mutual conflicts between old (installed) and new
> versions of openoffice.org packages, which prevent these packages to be
> directly upgradeable. For the detailed explanation see #560896.
                      ^
			with cupt.

> You should substitute Conflicts with Breaks where needed and/or put Replaces
> in addition to Conflicts.

Hmm. so -core breaks (old) -l10n-* and vice-versa...
Maybe, but it's now too late to do such a intrusive change for squeez

And what does Replaces: here? Right, Replaces: doesn't make sense here
in any way ;-)

Grüße/Regards,

René