Bug#45227: marked as done (dpkg overwrites files from other packages)
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From: Francesco Potorti` <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it>
To: Debian Linux bug list <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: dpkg overwrites files from other packages
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.8
Severity: normal
root@pot# dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 73918 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using
.../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-buildpackage.1.gz', which
is also in package dpkg-dev
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-gencontrol.1.gz', which
is also in package dpkg-dev
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-genchanges.1.gz', which
is also in package dpkg-dev
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-distaddfile.1.gz', which
is also in package dpkg-dev
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-parsechangelog.1.gz',
which is also in package dpkg-dev
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-shlibdeps.1.gz', which is
also in package dpkg-dev
Setting up dpkg (1.4.1.8) ...
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux pot 2.2.10 #3 Mon Jul 12 19:50:44 CEST 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libncurses4 4.2-3.2 Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-0pre1 The GNU stdc++ library
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