Bug#1145012: python3-towncrier: Undeclared file conflict with earlier 'towncrier' versions

Ben Finney <[email protected]>
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Control: retitle -1 python3-towncrier: Undeclared file conflict with earlier 'towncrier' versions
Control: tags -1 + confirmed pending

On 21-Aug-2026, Helmut Grohne wrote:

> python3-towncrier has an undeclared file conflict.  This may result in
> an unpack error from dpkg.

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.

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Ben Finney <[email protected]>
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