Problems with old shadow-passwd

[Adam Shand <larry@earthlight.co.nz>]

I installed the three shadow packages from experimental quite a while ago.

I now find that when I try to upgrade them to the latest version of passwd
that I get this message:

# dpkg -i /debian/passwd_961025-2.deb
dpkg: regarding /debian/passwd_961025-2.deb containing passwd:
 passwd conflicts with shadow-passwd
  shadow-passwd (version 960810-1) is installed.
dpkg: error processing /debian/passwd_961025-2.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing passwd
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /debian/passwd_961025-2.deb

And when I try and uninstall shadow-passwd it is of course a required
package.  Is there a nice way to overcome this which won't end up with
duplicate packages installed?

# dpkg -r shadow-passwd
dpkg: error processing shadow-passwd (--remove):
 This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 shadow-passwd

Adam.

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