Re[2]: Problem with Downgrade of dpkg
Hello Wichert Akkerman,
at Donnerstag, 5. September 2002, 17:42 you wrote:
> * keep your system on testing and enjoy the ride
> If you go for the first option I'll give you a hint though: install
> an old dpkg manually using --force-overwrite and then remove the dselect
> package.
at the moment it looks like I have to enjoy the ride, since I don't
know how to downgrade dpkg. All the --force-* are ignored, it looks
more that dpkg forces me. ;-)
debianvm:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb --force-overwright
dpkg - warning: downgrading dpkg from 1.10.4 to 1.9.21.
(Reading database ... 39446 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.4 (using dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
dpkg: error processing dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg', which is also in package dselect
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing --force-overwright (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb
--force-overwright
I post this to the list, perhaps it is possible to have a solution for
this in future releases of dpkg. Thanks to all for their help.
Dieter Tremel
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