Re: xfree86-common upgrade conflict with t1-cyrillic
It's Debian bug #270346. The workaround is to put a "hold" on the old
version of xfree86-common until the bug in t1-cyrillic is fixed. That's
why they call it "unstable." :)
Frank
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:45:51 +0200, float@lefant.net said:
> Hello list,
>
> trying to upgrade xfree86-common to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 dpkg returns the
> following error message:
>
>
> ---snip----
> Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-7_all.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/X11', which is also in package t1-cyrillic
> System startup links for /etc/init.d/xfree86-common already exist.
> Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix...done.
> Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix...done.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-7_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> ---snap----
>
> i don't really understand what the message tries to tell me.
>
> any hints what to do.
>
> removing t1-cyrillic solves the problem but is not an option for me, btw
> t1-cyrillic is version: 4.5
>
> cheers float
>
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