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Bug#965151: afdko-bin: /usr/bin/tx is already shipped by transifex-client

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On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 20:55:33 +0200 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 03:36:48PM -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-fonts@lists.debian.org mwei@debian.org
> > 
> > On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 23:19:31 +0200 Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
> > wrote:
> > > Package: afdko-bin
> > > Version: 3.4.0+dfsg1-2
> > > Severity: serious
> > > 
> > >   Preparing to unpack .../afdko-bin_3.4.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb ...
> > >   Unpacking afdko-bin (3.4.0+dfsg1-2) ...
> > >   dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/afdko-
> > bin_3.4.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> > >    trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/tx', which is also in package
> > transifex-client 0.13.9-1
> > >   Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >    /var/cache/apt/archives/afdko-bin_3.4.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb
> > > 
> > > If the conflicting situation cannot be resolved then, as
> > > last resort, the two packages have to declare a mutual
> > > Conflict.
> > 
> > AFAICT a mutual conflict could be the only reasonable solution. @mwei
> > what do you think?
> 
> The policy is very clear: 
> 
> #10.1.
> 
> # Two different packages must not install programs with different
> # functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs
> # having the same functionality but different implementations is handled
> # via “alternatives” or the “Conflicts” mechanism. See Maintainer
> # Scripts and Conflicting binary packages - Conflicts respectively.) If
> # this case happens, one of the programs must be renamed. The
> # maintainers should report this to the "debian-devel" mailing list and
> # try to find a consensus about which program will have to be renamed.
> # If a consensus cannot be reached, *both* programs must be renamed.
> 
> Thus, a mutual conflict is not allowed.  Two random packages without a
> relation are not expected to conflict: there's no reason someone who hacks
> on some software that uses Transifex to manage their translation wouldn't
> also want to deal with fonts -- we're in the "breaks unrelated software"
> land.
> 
> This issue pops up on debian-devel quite often, and the consensus is that
> exceptions shouldn't be given.  Major cases: "node": axnode vs node.js,
> "git" vs gnuit.

In this case a discussion on debian-devel may be needed.

Just FYI: SUSE chose to use the alternatives system to solve this problem as
can be seen in 
https://opensuse.pkgs.org/tumbleweed/opensuse-oss-x86_64/python3-afdko-3.4.0-2.1.i586.rpm.html
 .

-- 
Thanks,
Boyuan Yang

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Bug#965151: afdko-bin: /usr/bin/tx is already shipped by transifex-client Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org> - 2020-07-19 21:40 +0200
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