Re: error on security update

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 09:54:30 -0500, Stephen wrote:
> Good Day:
> 
> Just attempted a security update for Sarge (PHP4-PEAR).
> 
> I received the following (I'm using aptitude in CLI);
> 
> (Reading database ... 47570 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace php4-pear 4:4.3.10-16 (using
> .../php4-pear_4%3a4.3.10-18_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement php4-pear ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/php4-pear_4%3a4.3.10-18_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/pear', which is also in package php-pear
>  dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   /var/cache/apt/archives/php4-pear_4%3a4.3.10-18_all.deb
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix ?

The root of the problem seems to be "php-pear". I cannot find it in the
Sarge repositories in my sources.list. Where did it come from? 

You can try to remove php-pear and install php4-pear with dpkg:

dpkg --force-depends --remove php-pear
dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/php4-pear_4:4.3.10-18_all.deb

There might be more conflicts coming if you have other non-Sarge
packages installed. You might have to remove all those packages before
you can do the upgrade.

-- 
Regards,
          Florian