Re: problem with python in Debian/unstable
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 10:50:41AM +0100, Florian Ernst wrote......
> Hello J.S.!
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 12:35:40PM +0000, J.S.Sahambi wrote:
> >I upgraded my sytesm (Debian/unstable) with dselect and i got the
> >following output. Is this some problem with distribution and how do I
> >remove it.
> >[...]
> >dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python_2.3.2-6_all.deb
> >(--unpack):
> > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/python2.3/python-policy.html',
> >which is also in package python2.3
> >[...]
>
> It has just been asked and answered on this list, see
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=221791
I'm in the same boat as a couple other people regarding this subject:
Using Sid and can read a bug report, but still not quite sure what to do
with this one.
Just by way of background, could someone briefly explain why there is a
python
python2.1
python2.2
python2.3
and which one(s) of these I should stick with?
Seems that if I apt-get remove any one of them, I end up removing a lot
of other dependent programs as well. But it also seems that python and
python2.3 don't want to live together. I downloaded the -7 .deb per the
last entry in the bug report and tried dpkg --simulate -i, but still got
the error/conflict messages that have already been posted here.
Would appreciate any further pointers.
Thanks
Kevin
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