Bug#129165: tetex-base: The tetex-base-package does not install due to a conflict concerning the configuration file xdvi.cfg.
Package: tetex-base
Version: 1.0.2+20011202-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
It seems to be impossible to install or update the tetex-base package.
This is dpkg's output:
ls4int12:~# apt-get -f --reinstall install tetex-base tetex-bin
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/11.5MB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 113983 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tetex-base 1.0.2+20011202-1 (using .../tetex-base_1.0.2+20011202-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tetex-base ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0.2+20011202-1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/xdvi.cfg', which is also in package
tetex-bin
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0.2+20011202-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ls4int12:~#
This bug makes tetex unusable. This is the reason for choosing priority 'grave'.Tetex seems to be a quite important package - dropping it from testing will prevent many users from using the testing distribution.
Lars Geuken
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux ls4int12 2.4.13 #1 Tue Nov 20 12:18:03 CET 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.9.18 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii texinfo 4.0b-2 Documentation system for on-line i
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