Bug#395557: upgrade-reports: apt-get cannot upgrade x11-common (error code (1))
Package: upgrade-reports
Severity: normal
On debian etch:
apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
libicu36 libiec61883-0 libraw1394-8 type-handling update-inetd
The following packages will be upgraded:
g++ gcc gstreamer0.10-plugins-good initramfs-tools java-gcj-compat kdebase-bin libavc1394-0
libcaca0 libcucul0 libdc1394-13 libgcj-common libncursesw5 libnids1.20 libpq4 libqt3-mt
libqt3-mt-psql libsepol1 libsqlite3-0 ncurses-term netbase nvi openbsd-inetd openoffice.org
openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core
openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math
openoffice.org-writer python-central python-uno python2.3 ttf-opensymbol x-window-system-core
x11-common xlibs-data xorg xutils xutils-dev
42 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/101MB of archives.
After unpacking 8862kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 85307 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 1:7.0.22 (using .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package xgl
System startup links for /etc/init.d/x11-common already exist.
Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix....
Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix....
Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix....
Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix....
Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix....
Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix....
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.1
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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