Re: Bug#575786: dpkg: refuses to unpack package having conflicts+replaces of virtual package
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:12:35PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> severity 575786 important
> thanks
>
> On Sun, 09 May 2010, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
> > Totally tired with having this bug here and there with different
> > packages, I change my mind and bump the severity of this bug to
> > serious, as dpkg fails to comply with §7.6.2 of Debian policy,
> > including an example in the policy:
>
> I don't agree with your interpretation. The packaging system doesn't refer
> only to dpkg but to the whole system: apt + dpkg.
I am not sure how you reach that conclusion since using apt is not
mandated by policy. In my view 7.6.2. also apply to plain dpkg.
> Currently the non-regression tests of dpkg ensure that doing a dpkg -i
> in your situation effectively fails:
> http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/pkg-tests.git;a=tree;f=t-conflict-provide-replace-virtual;hb=master
>
> So it's not really a mistake and I don't agree with the RC severity.
What is your rationale for that test?
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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