Re: getting older debs
the package is not broken, just consists of file /etc/inputrc which is also in libreadlineg2 (btw mistake?) so there is the error:
Unpacking replacement base-files ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_2.1.11_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/etc/inputrc', which is also in package libreadlineg2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_2.1.11_all.deb
E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_2.1.11_all.deb
does the trick:
jabol:/home/siemce# dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_2.1.11_all.deb
(Scanning database ... 41568 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace base-files 2.1.10 (using .../base-files_2.1.11_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement base-files ...
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/etc/inputrc', which is also in package libreadlineg2
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
trying to overwrite `/etc/profile', which is also in package bash
Setting up base-files (2.1.11) ...
...
On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 04:37:26AM +0000, pollywog wrote:
> Since base-files appears to be broken, where can I get the prior potato version?
> Is there a place to download it?
>
> thanks
>
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