Re: Potato inconsistency

[Ben Lutgens <blutgens@usinternet.com>]

On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 10:00:37PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote:
> 
> Preparing to replace base-files 2.1.10 (using .../base-files_2.1.11_all.deb)
> ...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)
> 

Piece of cake just manually install base-files with 
dpkg -i --force-overwrite <packagename.deb> 

And the rest of your upgrade will be all good.

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Ben Lutgens 
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