crufty filesystem

[cls--colo spgs <pplaw@pcisys.net>]

debs,

in terms of upgrading to potato from slink, i just need
to finish unpacking 282k of archives.  but i get the
following error message(s).

error:	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc.xfree86-common-old
already exists! aborting installation of 
	xfree86-common package.
	please clean up your crufty filesystem.
	dpkg:  error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.6-6_all.deb
(-- 	
 	unpack):  subprocess pre-installation script returned
error exit status 1
	errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_
	3.3.6-6_all.deb
	e:  sub-process returned an error code (1)
host:~#

i ran "cruft," and then "apt-get upgrade."  the same
error message comes back.  

1.  do i need to delete ~/doc.xfree86-common-old?

2.  how do i "un-cruft"?

3.  should i worry about the error for
~/xfree86-common_3.3.6-6_all.deb?

ia, t.

bentley taylor

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