Re: How do I unconfuse dpkg?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 08:09:10PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 06:09:37PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> >>Unpacking xlibmesa3-glu (from .../xlibmesa3-glu_4.2.1-6_i386.deb) ...
> >>dpkg: error processing
> >>/var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa3-glu_4.2.1-6_i386.deb (--unpack):
> >>trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGLU.so.1', which is also in package
> >>mesag3-glide2
> >
> >File a bug report against xlibmesa3-glu asking for a Replaces: against
> >whatever version of mesag3-glide2 used to contain libGLU. In the
> >meantime you can use the --force-overwrite option to dpkg.
>
> Thanks. That worked.
>
>
> I have never filed a bug report.
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
> What is the bug here?
The fact that you get the error message you quoted.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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