Re: overwriting files
At 0:56 +0200 10/12/01, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
>Em Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:53:00 +0200
>Regnat Nikolaus <nregnat@gmx.de> escreveu:
>
>> --------------------
>> 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...
IMHO it is a feature, a usefull feature
Package "abc" should NOT overwrite files of package "xyz".
If people have problems with the contents of "xyz.deb",
they should take the source and rebuild a modified one.
Kind Regards, Geert Stappers
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