Re: Trouble installing dump_0.4b4-6.deb
On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 12:18:53AM -0700, William R Ward wrote:
>
> This is the error I get
>
> (Reading database ... 35660 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace dump 0.4b4-4 (using .../utils/dump_0.4b4-6.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement dump ...
> dpkg: error processing /news/debian/hamm/main/binary-i386/utils/dump_0.4b4-6.d (--install):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/rmt.8.gz', which is also in package cpio
> [....]
>
> Why is this file in both dump and cpio packages?
Because we are only humans and make mistakes?
Use "--force-overwrite" when installing the package. If you have dpkg
1.4.0.20, upgrade to 1.4.0.21, as we removed the --overwrite - flag (as
default) from dselect in 1.4.0.20 --- to detect those errors.
Marcus
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