Re: Search Background
Hi
Even if there was an option, I wouldn't recommend it. If you need to force
an overwrite, there is a bug in the package dependencies that should be
corrected.
You should always know what you are overwriting before doing it.
Regards
Gudjon
Þann Þriðjudagur 20 febrúar 2007 11:24 skrifaði Hans-J. Ullrich:
> Hi all,
>
> sometimes, when upgrading, I get this errors. My solution is, to install
> the package manually with dpkg --force-overwrite to get it installed. Is
> there another solution using apt ???
>
> If it is, please let me know.
>
> This is what happens:
>
> ------------ snip ---------------
>
>
> protheus1:/home/ullhan63# LANG=C apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> beryl-plugins
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/418kB of archives.
> After unpacking 160kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> (Reading database ... 255732 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace beryl-plugins 0.2.0+svn20070207-r3782+imudebian0
> (using .../beryl-plugins_0.2.0+svn20070217-r4120+imudebian0_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement beryl-plugins ...
> dpkg: error
> processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/beryl-plugins_0.2.0+svn20070217-r4120+imudebian0_i3
>86.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/beryl/libgroup.so', which is also in package
> beryl-plugins-extra
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/beryl-plugins_0.2.0+svn20070217-r4120+imudebian0_i3
>86.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> protheus1:/home/ullhan63#
>
> -------- snap ----------------
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Regards
>
> Hans
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