Bug#300855: tetex-base: contains directory that is a symlink in tetex-extra

[Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>]

Package: tetex-base
Version: 3.0-3
Severity: important

BTW, I tried to updgrade to tetex-extra_3.0_3 this morning, and it
failed like this:

   Preparing to replace tetex-extra 3.0-2 (using .../tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb) ...Unpacking replacement tetex-extra ...
   dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/tex/lambda/config', which is also in package tetex-base
   mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R...
   mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
   mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R...
   mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
   mktexlsr: Done.
   Creating missing formats.
   Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ...
   Running updmap-sys. This may take some time. ... done.

   Errors were encountered while processing:
    /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb
   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
   Ack!  Something bad happened while installing packages.  Trying to recover:
   Press return to continue.


That was actually about the 3rd iteration of trying to upgrade; an
earlier try has a warning too:


   Preconfiguring packages ...
   (Reading database ... 141627 files and directories currently installed.)
   Preparing to replace ucf 1.15 (using .../apt/archives/ucf_1.17_all.deb) ...
   Unpacking replacement ucf ...
   Preparing to replace tetex-base 3.0-2 (using .../tetex-base_3.0-3_all.deb) ...
   Removing obsolete symlink /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config.
   Removing obsolete symlink /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config.
   Unpacking replacement tetex-base ...
   dpkg: tetex-base: warning - config file `etc/texmf/context/cont-usr.tex' is a circular link
    (= `/etc/texmf/context/cont-usr.tex')
   Preparing to replace tetex-extra 3.0-2 (using .../tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb) ...Unpacking replacement tetex-extra ...
   dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb (--unpack):
    trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/tex/lambda/config', which is also in package tetex-base
   mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R...
   mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
   mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R...
   mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
   mktexlsr: Done.
   Creating missing formats.
   Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ...
   Running updmap-sys. This may take some time. ...


Thanks,

-- 
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer