Re: libc6-sparc64 2.2.5-11.2 problem

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 04:42:59PM +0100, John P. Looney wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 03:37:41PM -0400, Nicholas J Kreucher mentioned:
> > Got this today with apt... is there a problem with this package?
> > 
> > Preparing to replace libc6-sparc64 2.2.5-11.1 (using
> > .../libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement libc6-sparc64 ...
> > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb (--unpack):
> >  trying to overwrite `/lib/64', which is also in package libgcc1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
>  It seems to  be a package bug - same thing happened me, and now I can't
> update...I assume the solution is to remove gcc, and wait for a fixed gcc
> package ?

apt-get remove libc6-sparc64


Then you can reinstall it.

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