Re: list of file conflicts between packages

[Michael Ablassmeier <abi@grinser.de>]

hi,

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 02:15:18AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:31:25AM +0100, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> 
> > I've found some time to publish a list of packages with file conflicts, as
> > stated by Contents.gz.
> > More info at http://qa.debian.org/~filippo/file_conflicts/
> 
> > With the actual lists being at
> > http://qa.debian.org/~filippo/file_conflicts/testing-conflicts
> > http://qa.debian.org/~filippo/file_conflicts/unstable-conflicts
> 
> > The list is going to be updated every five days, however I'm not sure how often
> > the Contents.gz file is updated.
> 
> I gather that this list excludes packages which declare conflicts.  It
> doesn't exclude packages that use diversions.  Perhaps a whitelist of these
> diversions would be useful?

i had some time to run install tests on all unstable-conflicts listed in
the above url using cowbuilder. Out of 61 listed conflicts 23 fail to
install.

A list + logs can be found here.

 http://people.debian.org/~abi/unstable_install_logs/FAILED
 http://people.debian.org/~abi/unstable_install_logs/

note: this list contains only packages available on amd64/main, so might
be incomplete. I dont have time to file bugs, if one of you guys feels
like doing so, please go ahead.

bye,
    - michael