Re: Potato inconsistency
Ben Lutgens <blutgens@usinternet.com> writes:
> 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.
It's also a known problem. Peter needs to check the bugs list
available via the Debian home page (http://www.debian.org):
Bug #52983: base files and libreadlineg2 both have /etc/inputrc
Gary
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