[ckan-dev] python-ckanclient on Debian Sid (unstable) and dpm packaging issues

[J. Félix Ontañón]

El día 14 de febrero de 2012 16:52, J. Félix Ontañón
<fontanon at emergya.es> escribió:
>
>>> Nowadays I'm working on dpm packaging[4] but got some issues:
>>> * dpm package name is already used by Disk Pool Manager[5], part of
>>> the gLite middleware suite.
>>
>> Hmm, I'd noticed that. What do you suggest? Is there an actual
>> conflict in script name or just in package name. If the latter we
>> could tweak the package name. If the former we have a trickier time.
>
> The point is that this two packages ..
> * dpm-mysql
> * dpm-postgresql
> ... installs an exec on /usr/bin/dpm via update-alternatives method
>
> This means a conflict with the script name. A third solution would be
> to tweak the script name at debian source package, maintaining dpm
> name for the script at upstream. Anyway, i'll ask some debian
> developers for solutions with similar scenarios.

I've been asking some debian develpers. I'm afraid the suggested
solution is to rename the dpm script at debian package building.
This way dpm script at upstream remains the original name, and debian
package name could be named dpm too.

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J. Félix Ontañón Carmona