RE: failed upgrade to unstable... libxrender1

[Michael Kahle <michael.kahle@scc-wi.com>]

James Strandboge wrote:
>On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 13:20, Michael Kahle wrote:
>> >Michael Kahle wrote:
>> >> I am getting an error when upgrading my distribution to unstable...
>> >> 
>> >> dpkg-divert: 'diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 to
>> >> /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender-1.1.so.1 by libxrender1' clashes with 
>> >> 'diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 to 
>> >> /usr/share/libxrender1.1/diversions/libXrender.so.1 by libxrender1.1'
>> >> dpkg: error processing 
>> >> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxrender1_0.8.2-1_i386.deb
>> >> (--unpack):
>> >>   subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
>> >> 
>> >> Any clues as to what I can do to force (or fix) this install of 
>> >> this
>> >> so that I can move on?  apt just exists after this.
>
>Did you have the gnome2.2 woody backport installed?

Yes I did.  I was runny woody.  I then installed the backport at a later
date.  I the decided to switch to testing.

Michael