Bug#704723: apt: Upgrade to apt_0.9.7.9~exp2 fails because of attempted overwrite of manpages
Control: reassign -1 manpages-it
Control: retitle -1 manpages-it: do not include application pages
On 5 April 2013 08:10, Matteo Settenvini <matteo-ml@member.fsf.org> wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.9.7.8
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I think there is something wrong with the files included in the apt
> package from experimental. Since packages from experimental sooner or
> later land into unstable, it's good to fix this before the next
> release. ^_^
>
> I gather that localized manpages should not distributed with the apt
> package.
>
Actually, they should. Previously some translations were missing from
the apt binaries, but this is fixed in 0.9.7.8~exp1.
>
> matteo@orchid ~$ sudo aptitude
>
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> Reading changelogs... Done
> (Reading database ... 376368 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace apt 0.9.7.8 (using .../apt_0.9.7.9~exp2_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement apt ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/apt_0.9.7.9~exp2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/it/man5/sources.list.5.gz', which is also in package manpages-it 2.80-3
It is manpages-it that should not include those files. Following the
example of other translated man page packages (i.e. manpages-fr,
manpages-de), man pages for applications should not be included and,
where currently provided, should instead be contributed to application
packaging.
There are many in manpages-it. At least these need to be removed, to
cede the space to apt:
/usr/share/man/it/man5/sources.list.5.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man8/apt-cdrom.8.gz
Also I see dpkg, gnumeric, dselect, bash, and many more which should
be dropped or moved to their respective application packaging.
Regards
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