Re: Errors whilst dist-upgrading from Sarge+Xorg-bpo to Etch

["Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>]

Jeremy Wilkins wrote:
> Unpacking mesa-common-dev (from .../mesa-common-dev_6.4.2-1_all.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/mesa-common-dev_6.4.2-1_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/include/GL/osmesa.h', which is also in
> package xlibosmesa-dev

The above error is the key here.  The new package (mesa-common-dev) is 
attempting to provide a file that is already provided by an existing 
package (xlibosmesa-dev).  Try the following to force the system past this:

dpkg --force-overwrite -i \
  /var/cache/apt/archives/mesa-common-dev_6.4.2-1_all.deb

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Jamin W. Collins