Re: dist-upgrade problem with conflicting packages coreutils and shellutils

[Gerhard Gaussling <ggrubbish@web.de>]

Am Sonntag, 29. September 2002 21:23 schrieb Gerhard Gaussling:
> What can I do now to progress with dist-upgrade.
I did
dpkg --force-overwrite -i shellutils_2.0.12-2_i386.deb
dpkg --force-overwrite -i textutils_2.1-1_i386.deb

Now the dist-upgrade is progressing. 

coreutils are only available in unstable
debian:/home/gerhard# find  /var/cache/apt/archives/ -iname core*
/var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_4.5.1-2_i386.deb
debian:/home/gerhard# apt-cache policy coreutils
coreutils:
  Installed: 4.5.1-2
  Candidate: 4.5.1-2
  Version Table:
 *** 4.5.1-2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
debian:/home/gerhard# apt-cache policy fileutils
fileutils:
  Installed: 4.1-10
  Candidate: 4.1-10
  Version Table:
 *** 4.1-10 0
       1001 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
       1001 ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de testing/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
debian:/home/gerhard# apt-cache policy shellutils
shellutils:
  Installed: 2.0.12-2
  Candidate: 2.0.12-2
  Version Table:
 *** 2.0.12-2 0
       1001 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
       1001 ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de testing/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
debian:/home/gerhard# apt-cache policy textutils
textutils:
  Installed: 2.1-1
  Candidate: 2.1-1
  Version Table:
 *** 2.1-1 0
       1001 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
       1001 ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de testing/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

debian:/home/gerhard# apt-cache show coreutils | grep shellutils
Replaces: textutils, shellutils, fileutils, stat
Provides: textutils, shellutils, fileutils

I think it's impossible to remove coreutils now.

Is this situation dangerous for my system?
If so: What should I Do to solve the situation?

TIA

gerhard