Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.10 Severity: important Hi, openoffice.org-mimelnk conflicts with openoffice.org (<= 1.0.3-2) and openoffice.org with openoffice.org-l10n-en (<= 1.0.3-2) due to a package split and file moving from package A to package B,. OK, let's test the 2.3pre1 packages: $ LANG="C" sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org*2.3pre1*deb dpkg: regarding openoffice.org_1.0.3-2.3pre1_all.deb containing openoffice.org: openoffice.org conflicts with openoffice.org-l10n-en (<= 1.0.3-2) openoffice.org-l10n-en (version 1.0.3-2) is installed. dpkg: error processing openoffice.org_1.0.3-2.3pre1_all.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing openoffice.org [...] dpkg: regarding openoffice.org-mimelnk_1.0.3-2.3pre1_all.deb containing openoffice.org-mimelnk: openoffice.org-mimelnk conflicts with openoffice.org (<= 1.0.3-2) openoffice.org (version 1.0.3-2) is installed. dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-mimelnk_1.0.3-2.3pre1_all.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing openoffice.org-mimelnk [...] Errors were encountered while processing: openoffice.org_1.0.3-2.3pre1_all.deb openoffice.org-mimelnk_1.0.3-2.3pre1_all.deb a-ha. dpkg should notice that I am about to install all 2.3pre1 packages (which will replace the 1.0.3-2 packages) and let me do it... apt works fine. Regards, Rene -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux frodo 2.4.20-apm-rene #1 Sat May 10 00:47:56 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.10 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
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