Re: libc6 update problems
Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 06:20:36AM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>
>>Grahame White wrote:
>>
>>>I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following
>>>errors:
>>>
>>>Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
>>>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb
>>>(--unpack):
>>> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package xmms-kde
>
>
> This looks like a bug in the xmms-kde package, but libc6 really
> shouldn't be adding that either.
>
> I suggest you remove xmms-kde for now.
>
>
>>DPkg
>>{
>> // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
>> Options {"--force-overwrite";}
>>}
>>
>>Then, whenever the situation arises, dpkg will automatically overwrite
>>the common file.
>
>
> Please don't do that.
Can you explain [briefly] why not -- I thought it was OK to do.
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>
> Kurt
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Blessings,
Nigel
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