Bug#40977: dpkg fails to overwite and returns error
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.3
This bug is important as it poentially breaks insyallation
of every package that tries to overite something...
Here are two examples on Intel and PPC... It started to
occur yesterday. I'm not sure the problem is in dpkg
as paste seems to fail...
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(Reading database ... 44887 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking texinfo (from .../texinfo_3.12i-4_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/texinfo_3.12i-4_i386.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex', which
is also in package tetex-base
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/texinfo_3.12i-4_i386.deb
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dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/util-linux_2.9r-3_powerpc.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/clock.8.gz', which is also in
package powerpc-utils
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Checking available versions of pager, updating links in
/etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving pager (/usr/bin/pager) pointing to /usr/bin/less.
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/util-linux_2.9r-3_powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
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