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firefox package

Broken dependency in 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0

Bug #30994 reported by Victor Poluksht
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Ubuntu ubuntu-6.06

Bug Description

During last update, i've got error that it tryes to overwrite /usr/lib/libxpcom.so that is already provided by mozilla-browser.

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Luke Seubert (luke-seubert) wrote :

I have likewise run into this same problem. Running Dapper with the latest attempted updates. See Bug #31000 for more precise details.

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Ian Jackson (ijackson) wrote : Re: [Bug 30994] Broken dependency in 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0

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Victor Polukcht writes ("[Bug 30994] Broken dependency in 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0"):
> During last update, i've got error that it tryes to overwrite
> /usr/lib/libxpcom.so that is already provided by mozilla-browser.

It was a mistake (which has now been fixed) of mozilla to provide that
file, and I have also decided that it was a mistake (now fixed) for
firefox to provide it with that name.

Ian.
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Changed in firefox:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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