tag 179635 + moreinfo thanks On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 01:07:44PM -0500, Nathan Gray wrote: > Package: xlibs > Version: 4.2.1-5 > > I am unable to install xlibs because it is trying to overwrite the > X11/app-defaults directory. > > I am running the unstable distribution, and my errors from apt-get are > as follows: > > ----begin error---- > Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-2 (using .../xlibs_4.2.1-5_i386.deb) > ... > Unpacking replacement xlibs ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-5_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package xterm > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-5_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > ----end error---- > > It appears that xlibs is trying to overwrite a complete directory, which > contains files maintained by other packages. Odd. What version of xterm are you running? What does "dpkg -S usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults" say? It is against Debian Policy for any package to ship anything in that directory (except for xlibs), so the bug is with the other package, not xlibs. -- G. Branden Robinson | "There is no gravity in space." Debian GNU/Linux | "Then how could astronauts walk branden@debian.org | around on the Moon?" http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | "Because they wore heavy boots."
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