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Re: m68k Debian SID upgrade error



On 7/26/21 8:58 PM, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2021, Stan Johnson wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to update Debian SID for m68k in QEMU.
>>
>> After a successful "apt-get update", "apt-get dist-upgrade" fails here:
>>
>> $ apt-get dist-upgrade
>> ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package libcrypt1:m68k.
>> Preparing to unpack .../7-libcrypt1_1%3a4.4.18-4_m68k.deb ...
>> Unpacking libcrypt1:m68k (1:4.4.18-4) ...
>> Replacing files in old package libc6:m68k (2.29-3) ...
>> Setting up libcrypt1:m68k (1:4.4.18-4) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package libgcc-s2:m68k.
>> (Reading database ... 34346 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack .../libgcc-s2_10.2.1-6_m68k.deb ...
>> Unpacking libgcc-s2:m68k (10.2.1-6) ...
>> dpkg: error processing archive
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/libgcc-s2_10.2.1-6_m68k.deb (--unpack):
>>  trying to overwrite '/lib/m68k-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.2', which is also
>> in package libgcc2:m68k 1:9.2.1-19
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/libgcc-s2_10.2.1-6_m68k.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> Does anyone know whether there is a workaround for the above error? 
> 
> Yes, Adrian provided a workaround last year:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2020/04/msg00032.html
> 

Thanks, that works:

# apt-get update
# apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install -f
...
# apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" -y dist-upgrade
...
#

-Stan


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