Re: gcc breakage

[Jim Popovitch <jimpop@yahoo.com>]

I had the same problem.  I removed gcc and gcc-3.0, gcc-3.3, and gcc-3.4
and related dev libraries (dselect is really nice when doing this).  
Then I only installed gcc and now everything is back to normal.

hth,

-Jim P.

On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 15:39, Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> (Reading database ... 99581 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gcc-3.3 1:3.3.4-6sarge1 (using
> .../gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.4-6sarge1.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement gcc-3.3 ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.4-6sarge1.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/gcc-3.3-base/changelog.Debian.gz',
> which is also in package gcc-3.3-base
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.4-6sarge1.1_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> munter:/home/viewpoint#
> 
> :-(
> 
> jamie
> 
>