Re: apt-get / overwriting common files
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:45:36PM +0200, lexchive@iname.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running potato and im doing upgrade quite often. Regularly I get this
> kind of message when doing apt-get dist-upgrade:
>
> Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.6 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb)
> ...
> Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg-buildpackage.1.gz', which is
> also in package dpkg-dev
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.8_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
>
> Of course I can solve the problem by manually installing the package with
> --force-overwrite, but it is still annoying. How can I configure apt so that
> it can resolve such issues itself? Or is it a bug in the package?
> configuration on my system?
Yes, it's a bug in dpkg_1.4.1.8 it should conflict dpkg-dev < 1.4.1.8.
Force --force-overwrite is always bad think. In this case you can install
first dpkg-dev and then dpkg (without forcing).
Mirek
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