Re: libc6-dev overwrites '/usr/include/linux'? Weird.
On Jan 08, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> I upgraded my home box from slink to potato today, and I noticed this
> go by while I upgraded:
>
> Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.0.7.19981211-6 (using
> .../libc6-dev_2.1.2-11_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
> trying to overwrite `/usr/include/linux', which is also in package modutils
>
> Weird! What is modutils doing including /usr/include/linux as a file?
It doesn't include it as a file:
quango4 /usr/src/mentor$ dpkg -c /sda1/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/base/modutils_2.1.121-18.deb | grep linux
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-01-30 11:04:54 usr/include/linux/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 5086 1998-10-18 16:39:52 usr/include/linux/kerneld.h
(And, it doesn't include it at all in potato.)
Sounds like dpkg is confused. Or, maybe you manually symlinked
/usr/include/linux somewhere else.
Chris
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