Re: libc6-dev

[jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl]

On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 10:58:04PM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote:
> I'm running a full hamm system, and just updated.  When the system tries
> to install libc6-dev_2.0.6-3 to replace 2.0.6-2, I get the following:
> 
> Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.0.6-2 (using
> .../devel/libc6-dev_2.0.6-3.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
> dpkg: error processing
> debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/libc6-dev_2.0.6-3.deb
> (--install):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/include/ndbm.h', which is also in package
> libgdbmg1-dev
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> 
> Is this a problem with the package, or is there some way I can fix it?

No. dpkg used to have the --force-overwrite flag on by default. In an effort
to fix overlaps between packages, it was turned of by default. You can
install libc6-dev if you do "dpkg --force-overwrite -EG -i libc6*deb".
Please report this as a bug against libgdbmg1-dev.

HTH,
Ray
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