Re: Error from libc6.1-dev
On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
{this on on dev kernels so far). As for what it's trying to overwrite...
{
{Modutils comes with it's own kerneld.h for /usr/include/linux since
{development kernels lack it (they now have kdev, I believe). Apparently,
{installing libc6.1-dev tries to overwrite the directory itself instead of
{just adding files to it. This will be addressed when we get
{libc6.1-2.0.7t packaged (hint hint...fingers crossed). Probably your best
{solution for now is to either use --force-overwrite with dpkg and
{reinstall modutils afterwards
This did not work:
[ 18:26:19 : root@rudin : ~ ]
(57) # dpkg -i --force-overwrite libc6.1-dev_2.0.7r-5.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libc6.1-dev.
(Reading database ... 34957 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libc6.1-dev (from libc6.1-dev_2.0.7r-5.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing libc6.1-dev_2.0.7r-5.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite directory `/usr/include/linux' in package modutils
with nondirectory
Segmentation fault
[ 18:26:29 : root@rudin : ~ ]
(58) # dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
{ or remove modutils and reinstall it after libc6.1-dev.
This worked. Thanks!
Lon
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