Re: apt-get install: x11-common vs xfree86-common: "trying to overwrite /etc/X11/Xsession"

["Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)" <sumo.wrestler.0rj82m+no.spam.abuse@earthlink.net>]

will trillich wrote:
> we haven't figured out how to get past this apt-get snag:
> [...]
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/Xsession', which is also in package
> xfree86-common
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> [...]

Perhaps you can use dpkg-divert to divert the new /etc/X11/Xsession to a 
new filename such as /etc/X11/Xsession-diverted.