Comment 0 for bug 1051783

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era (era) wrote :

This is basically a request to fix bug #466531 for Precise users, but because the original bug report is more wide in its scope and has a long history, I am opting to file a separate SRU request under a dedicated bug number.

[IMPACT]

 * Upgrading to Precise is impossible on systems which have emacs23 and cogre installed.

 * Since a few years back, emacs23 includes its own version of cogre, but the current ecb packaging is from before those days, and does not cope with this scenario.

 * The difference between the current Precise version 2.40+cvs20110608-2 and the proposed version ditto ditto-3 is the addition of yet one more Conflicts: field in debian/control.

[TESTCASE]

 * Set up a pre-Precise system. You may have to go so far back as Hardy or Intrepid to find a platform where it was in fact possible to have emacs23 and ecb installed successfully.

 * Upgrade to Precise.

[Regression Potential]

 * Because this fix ximply prevents the installation of a package which is superfluous, it should have very limited impact.

[Other Info]

 * I would love to see this fixed in older supported releases, too, but the fix for Precise is extremely minor, and a good start.