Re: Potato inconsistency

[Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, peter karlsson wrote:

> Got this during today's apt-get dist-upgrade:
> 
> 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)
> 
> 
> Known problem?

Yes, it has been reported 14 times(!).

I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. base-files_2.1.12 fixes it.

Thanks.