- Package:
- python3-towncrier
- Source:
- python3-towncrier
- Submitter:
- Helmut Grohne
- Date:
- 2026-08-22 02:09:01 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
python3-towncrier has an undeclared file conflict. This may result in an unpack error from dpkg. The files * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/__init__.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/__main__.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_builder.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_git.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_project.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_settings/__init__.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_settings/fragment_types.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_settings/load.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_shell.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/_writer.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/build.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/check.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/click_default_group.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/create.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/templates/default.md * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/templates/default.rst * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/templates/hr-between-versions.rst * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/templates/single-file-no-bullets.rst * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/__init__.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/helpers.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_build.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_builder.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_check.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_create.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_format.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_git.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_project.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_settings.py * /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/towncrier/test/test_write.py are contained in the packages * python3-towncrier/25.8.0-2 as present in unstable * towncrier/24.8.0-2 as present in trixie|forky These packages can be unpacked concurrently, because there is no relevant Replaces or Conflicts relation. Attempting to unpack these packages concurrently results in an unpack error from dpkg, because none of the packages installs a diversion for the affected files. Kind regards Helmut Grohne
Control: retitle -1 python3-towncrier: Undeclared file conflict with earlier 'towncrier' versions Control: tags -1 + confirmed pending This is because ‘python3-towncrier’ currently declares only a “Breaks” relationship, which allows unpacking over the older ‘towncrier’ versions. This relationship is incorrect. The correction is to tighten the relationship to “Conflicts”, that signals to ‘dpkg’ it must not unpack over the existing package. (As described in Policy §7.4, “Conflicting binary packages - "Conflicts"”.) That correction is now implemented, and will be part of the next package release.