Bug#1031197: firmware-ath9k-htc: Conflict with firmware-atheros < 20230210-1

[Tianyu Chen]

Package: firmware-ath9k-htc
Version: 1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: billchen...@gmail.com

Hi,

My firmware-ath9k-htc fails to unpack when firmware-atheros is 20221214-3:

Preparing to unpack .../02-firmware-linux_20230210-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-linux (20230210-1) over (20221214-3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../03-firmware-amd-graphics_20230210-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-amd-graphics (20230210-1) over (20221214-3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../04-firmware-linux-nonfree_20230210-1_all.deb
...
Unpacking firmware-linux-nonfree (20230210-1) over (20221214-3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../05-firmware-misc-nonfree_20230210-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-misc-nonfree (20230210-1) over (20221214-3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../06-firmware-
ath9k-htc_1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-ath9k-htc (1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.1) over
(1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-
mZXa67/06-firmware-ath9k-htc_1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc/htc_7010-1.4.0.fw', which
is also in package firmware-atheros 20221214-3
Preparing to unpack .../07-firmware-atheros_20230210-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-atheros (20230210-1) over (20221214-3) ...

Best regards,
Tianyu Chen


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages firmware-ath9k-htc is related to:
ii network-manager 1.42.0-1
ii wpasupplicant 2:2.10-11

-- no debconf information

[Cyril Brulebois]

Control: severity -1 serious

Hi,

Tianyu Chen <billchen...@gmail.com> (2023-02-13):

> Package: firmware-ath9k-htc
> Version: 1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: billchen...@gmail.com

Thanks for reporting, I was about to do that for you after seeing your
report on IRC. :)

> Unpacking firmware-ath9k-htc (1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.1) over
> (1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-
> mZXa67/06-firmware-ath9k-htc_1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.1_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc/htc_7010-1.4.0.fw', which
> is also in package firmware-atheros 20221214-3
> Preparing to unpack .../07-firmware-atheros_20230210-1_all.deb ...
> Unpacking firmware-atheros (20230210-1) over (20221214-3) ...

Right, the intent in [1] was good but not the implementation: package
relationships were added but the words were swapped (atheros-firmware ≠
firmware-atheros).

1. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/-/commit/89eacfa9ff7c6dda4f6e6c5a672e7a7da8ede251


Cheers,
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Cyril Brulebois (ki...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant