Bug#1143944: wireless-tools: libiw30t64 fails to install, conflicts with libiw30 on upgrade

Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.rc
Message-ID <anmLJ8arxkm-aOtM__15841.1862606712$1786350561$gmane$org@per.namespace.at>
On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 07:14:52PM +0100, Ahmed Alaoui wrote:
>   dpkg: error processing archive .../libiw30t64_30~pre9-22_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
>    trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libiw.so.30', which is
>    also in package libiw30:amd64 (30~pre9-16+b1)
> 
> Fix: use unconditional Conflicts/Replaces, since libiw30t64 and libiw30
> can never coexist regardless of version:
> 
>   Conflicts: libiw30
>   Replaces: libiw30

This seems overly broad, especially when we know the last version 
that was available before the migration.

Chris
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