Bug#484818: texlive-metapost: File conflict with texlive-context
Package: texlive-metapost
Version: 2007.dfsg.1-4
Severity: serious
While running "apt-get dist-upgrade" from an etch chroot with the
texlive metapackage installed:
Preparing to replace texlive-metapost 2005.dfsg.2-12 (using .../texlive-metapost_2007.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement texlive-metapost ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-metapost_2007.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex', which is also in package texlive-context
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt mpost. This may take some time... done.
Preparing to replace texlive 2005.dfsg.3-1 (using .../texlive_2007-14_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement texlive ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-metapost_2007.dfsg.1-4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
# dpkg -l texlive-context
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========================-========================-================================================================
ii texlive-context 2005.dfsg.3-1 TeX Live: ConText macro package
It seems that texlive-metapost is missing a Replaces: texlive-context (<2007)
Regards, Frank
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages texlive-metapost depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libkpathsea4 2007.dfsg.1-4.np.etch.1 TeX Live: path search library for
ii texlive-base 2007-14 TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii texlive-common 2007-14 TeX Live: Base component
Versions of packages texlive-metapost recommends:
ii feynmf 1.08-3 set of LaTeX macros for creating F
ii texlive-metapost 2007.dfsg.1-4.np.etch.1 TeX Live: Documentation files for
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-metapost is related to:
pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
ii tetex-bin 2007-14 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii tetex-extra 2007-14 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii tex-common 1.10 common infrastructure for building
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
--
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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