reassign 395557 release-notes retitle 395557 possible upgrade problems due to X11R7 transition thanks On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 19:03:59 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 01:14:25AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 21:57:34 +0300, Ivanov Teodor Andrei wrote: > > > > 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 > > > the "xgl" package is not in debian, and has never been there. You > > should uninstall it before upgrading x11-common. > > I believe this bug should be closed. > > Or reassigned to the release notes for documentation of the /usr/X11R6/bin > upgrade issue? > That works too :) I'd suggest something like the following: In etch, /usr/X11R6/bin is a symbolic link, whereas it was a directory in Debian sarge. This means that if external packages or software installed files in this directory, they will lead to an error during the installation of the x11-common package. You will need to remove those files for the upgrade to proceed successfully. Cheers, Julien
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