Re: X 4 and app-defaults
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:02:07PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 07:40:23PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> [snip]
> > Today's xlib package install fails, though, as follows:
> >
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package xxgdb
> > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-2_i386.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> [snip]
>
> I encountered the same problem. Apparently, 4.0.1-2 is trying to make
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults a symlink, but other packages that use
> this directory have it listed as a directory, so dpkg doesn't dare to
> proceed with making the symlink.
>
> Solution:
> dpkg --force-overwrite --configure xlibs
[snip]
Oops... that should be:
dpkg --force-overwrite --install /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-2_i386.deb
Sorry 'bout that :-)
T
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