Bug#217589: marked as done (dpkg: --force-noovewrite option, for not replacing existing files.)
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From: Barb Mestnik <barbm@filbert.is-a-geek.org>
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Subject: dpkg: --force-noovewrite option, for not replacing existing files.
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.10
Severity: wishlist
I.E. (As seen in Bug #211677)
dpkg --force-overwrite -i cupsys_1.1.14-5_i386.deb
# This is not realy what we want...
apt-get --reinstall install cupsys-clients/testing; # but this fixes that.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux filbert 2.6.0-test7-1-386 #1 Sun Oct 12 10:29:56 EST 2003 i586
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.10 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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Rejected.
You can either:
1) divert files that you intend to deliberately replace.
2) add a Replaces: to the installed package on the one you wish to
install, so the one you wish to install only installs files that
differ.
dpkg has no need for an "only install part of a package, randomly"
option.
Scott
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Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Had strange things happen? Are you going round the twist?
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