Bug#122467: marked as done (gnome-core: can't overwrite /etc/sound)
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Subject: gnome-core: can't overwrite /etc/sound
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Package: gnome-core
Version: 1.4.0.4-4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
When trying to install the package, it conflicts with
gnome-libs-data 1.4.1.2-6
The diagnostic print-out text is below:
Unpacking replacement gnome-core ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-core_1.4.0.4-13_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/sound', which is also in package gnome-libs-data
Preparing to replace gnome-libs-data 1.2.13-9 (using .../gnome-libs-data_1.4.1.2-6_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gnome-libs-data ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-libs-data_1.4.1.2-6_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/sound', which is also in package gnome-core
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux cj495466-b 2.2.19 #1 SMP Sun Dec 2 15:51:32 EST 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.11-3 Gdk-Imlib is an imaging library fo
ii gnome-bin 1.4.1.2-6 Miscellaneous binaries used by Gno
ii libart2 1.4.1.2-6 The Gnome canvas widget
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.3-1 The Audiofile Library
ii libc6 2.2.4-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcapplet0 1:1.4.0.1-13 Library for Gnome Control Center a
ii libdb3 3.2.9-13 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [ru
ii libesd0 0.2.23-2 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 0.13.0-1 The GNOME GdkPixBuf library.
ii libgdk-pixbuf2 0.13.0-1 The GdkPixBuf library.
ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome32 1.4.1.2-6 The Gnome libraries
ii libgnomesupport0 1.4.1.2-6 The Gnome libraries (Support libra
ii libgnomeui32 1.4.1.2-6 The Gnome libraries (User Interfac
ii libgnorba27 1.4.1.2-6 Gnome CORBA services
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.10-4 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets fo
ii liborbit0 0.5.12-1 Libraries for ORBit - a CORBA ORB
ii libwrap0 7.6-9 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libxml1 1:1.8.16-1 GNOME XML library
ii scrollkeeper 0.2-5 A free electronic cataloging syste
ii xlibs 4.1.0-9 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.3-18 compression library - runtime
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Subject: Not a bug in dpkg
From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
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The problem was the existence of a file /etc/sound on
the user's machine. Not a fault in dpkg. Closing.
(If it turns out that a package was responsible for
replacing directory /etc/sound by a file, then a bug
should be opened against that package.)
--
Thomas
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