Re: Files in 2 or more packages
"Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella" <zorzella@conexware.com> writes:
> When I try to upgrade my wu-ftpd, it fails because there's a manpage
> that is also present in another package. What's the case? Wasn't that
> supposed to be normal? Why does it fail? What's the correct procedure
> now?
>
> Here's the thing:
>
> dpkg -iE wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb
> (Reading database ... 30015 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace wu-ftpd 2.4-27 (using .../net/wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement wu-ftpd ...
> dpkg: error processing dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/net/wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb (--install):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/ftpd.8.gz', which is also in package netstd
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/net/wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb
> Warning -- 1 failed dpkg run(s)!
The workaround is to use dpkg -i --force-overwrite wu_ftp_* by hand.
See bug #18257:
netstd: conflicting manpages ftpd.8.gz in netstd and wu-ftpd
Jens
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