Re: Error upgrading to GNOME 2.4 on Sid
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:42:01PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Note: I do not use the "fore-port" from fpeters on this machine.
>
> Unpacking replacement gnome-panel-data ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-panel-data_2.4.1-1_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/cdeappmenu.png', which is also
> in package gnome-desktop-data
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>
> It seems the order in which it does the upgrade counts because
> restarting the upgrade just after that, whitout any other change works.
This is a bug in apt-get, which doesn't know that it should ignore
overwrite errors when the packages are updated. Or better yet, it should
notice, and remove/upgrade the old package before installing the new
one.
A rerun of dpkg/apt usually fixes the problem though.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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