Bug#217589: dpkg: --force-noovewrite option, for not replacing existing files.
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.10
Severity: wishlist
I.E. (As seen in Bug #211677)
dpkg --force-overwrite -i cupsys_1.1.14-5_i386.deb
# This is not realy what we want...
apt-get --reinstall install cupsys-clients/testing; # but this fixes that.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux filbert 2.6.0-test7-1-386 #1 Sun Oct 12 10:29:56 EST 2003 i586
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.10 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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