On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 01:46:06PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
| I get this while trying to install python2.1 to try to get gnucash
| working. Can someone tell me what might be happening?
|
| TIA,
|
| Paul Scott
|
| (Reading database ... 67569 files and directories currently installed.)
| Preparing to replace xchat-gnome 1.4.3-0.1 (using
| .../xchat-gnome_1.8.5-3_i386.deb) ...
| Unpacking replacement xchat-gnome ...
| dpkg: error processing
| /var/cache/apt/archives/xchat-gnome_1.8.5-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
| trying to overwrite `/usr/share/gnome/apps/Internet/xchat.desktop',
| which is also in package xchat-common
| dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
| Errors were encountered while processing:
| /var/cache/apt/archives/xchat-gnome_1.8.5-3_i386.deb
| E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The old version of xchat-gnome used the old convention of package for
python. The new one (the one in woody or sid) follows current policy.
What version of xchat-common do you have? Make sure you are using the
same version of both.