On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 the mental interface of float@lefant.net told: > 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. echo force-overwrite > /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg Ciao Elimar -- Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful ;-)
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