Logcheck devel - Aug 2009 - Bug#542265: sendmail-base and logcheck-database: error when trying to install together

Package: logcheck-database,sendmail-base
Version: logcheck-database/1.2.69
Version: sendmail-base/8.14.3-9
Severity: serious
User: treinen at debian.org
Usertags: edos-file-overwrite

Date: 2009-08-18
Architecture: amd64
Distribution: sid

Hi,

automatic installation tests of packages that share a file and at the
same time do not conflict by their package dependency relationships has
detected the following problem:


WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  m4 perl-modules perl logcheck-database make sendmail-base
Authentication warning overridden.
Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
Selecting previously deselected package m4.
(Reading database ... 8199 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking m4 (from .../archives/m4_1.4.13-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package perl-modules.
Unpacking perl-modules (from .../perl-modules_5.10.0-25_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package perl.
Unpacking perl (from .../perl_5.10.0-25_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package logcheck-database.
Unpacking logcheck-database (from .../logcheck-database_1.3.3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package make.
Unpacking make (from .../archives/make_3.81-6_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package sendmail-base.
Unpacking sendmail-base (from .../sendmail-base_8.14.3-9_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-base_8.14.3-9_all.deb
(--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/sendmail', which is also
in package logcheck-database
abort-install of sendmail-base 
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-base_8.14.3-9_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


This is a serious bug as it makes installation fail. Possible
solutions are to have the two packages conflict, to rename the common
file in one of the two packages, or to remove the file from one
package and have this package depend on the other package. File
diversions or a Replace relation are another possibility.

Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
(according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be
slightly out of sync):


  etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/sendmail
  

This bug is assigned to both packages. If you, the maintainers of
the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will
resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package.

-Ralf.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:27:32PM +0200, Ralf Treinen
wrote:
>   etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/sendmail
This file was brought to life by 1e1ad02 during the whole viol-merge
saga.  This was a mistake, as it's belonged to sendmail-base for years.

What would be the best course of action?  Should we remove that file
manually in postinst when 1.3.0 <= old_version < 1.3.x?  Is this
foolproof?  (I'm trying to think of a sitation where this would result
in us pulling the rug from under sendmail-base's feet.  What about when
installing s-b *and* upgrading l-d in one swoop?  Would that fool dpkg?)


-- 
<james> Are we going to make an emacs out of apt?
        APT - Debian in a program.  It even does your laundry
		-- Seen on #Debian

Your message dated Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:23 +0000
with message-id <E1NIoXr-0000Ng-BF at ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#542265: fixed in logcheck 1.3.4
has caused the Debian Bug report #542265,
regarding logcheck-database: ignore.d.server/sendmail conflicts with
sendmail-base
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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