Re: libc6-dev
Thanks for your help, guys. :)
peace,
matty
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
> 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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