Conflicts with python-sqlite

[Scott Kitterman]

Binary package hint: python-pysqlite2

Both python-sqlite and python-pysqlite2 have the Python module name pysqlite. Currently if one is installed, the other will fail to install (this is in Feisty):

$ sudo apt-get install python-sqlite
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  python-sqlite-dbg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-sqlite
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 35.3kB of archives.
After unpacking 197kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main python-sqlite 1.0.1-5ubuntu1 [35.3kB]
Fetched 35.3kB in 0s (37.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package python-sqlite.
(Reading database ... 98977 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-sqlite (from .../python-sqlite_1.0.1-5ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up python-sqlite (1.0.1-5ubuntu1) ...
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pysqlite.egg-info -> /usr/share/pycentral/python-pysqlite2/site-packages/pysqlite.egg-info
pycentral pkginstall: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pysqlite.egg-info -> /usr/share/pycentral/python-pysqlite2/site-packages/pysqlite.egg-info
dpkg: error processing python-sqlite (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-sqlite
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Piotr Ożarowski (piotr)]

python-sqlite is providing "sqlite" module (for SQLite2) and python-pysqlite2 - "pysqlite2" (for SQLite3). The only conflicting data is Egg info.

I suggest to remove Egg info from python-sqlite package

[Piotr Ożarowski (piotr)]

If only python-pysqlite2 is providing versioned Egg, pkg_resources detects newest version. See also my comments in #86552

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in python-pysqlite2_2.3.2-1ubuntu2