Re: overwriting files
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 07:56:04PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
>
> > --------------------
> > Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz', which is
> > also in package xfonts-base
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb
> > --------------------
> >
> > Is there a way to achive this?
> that's a bug, if this is an official package you should fill a bug report
> on it...
He's trying to create a package, and install it.
What he should read about is dpkg-divert, to replace certain files in a
package with his own.
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