Re: Problem upgrading system
On 11/21/2006 08:00 AM, Alexander Derenbach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried to upgrade my system with apt-get upgrade. An I get the
> following output:
>
> Preparing to replace passwd 1:4.0.3-30.4 (using
> .../passwd_1%3a4.0.3-31sarge9_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement passwd ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/passwd_1%3a4.0.3-31sarge9_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/add-shell', which is also in package
> debianutils
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/passwd_1%3a4.0.3-31sarge9_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I'm using:
>
> deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
>
> Thx for help
>
>
There /is/ no file `/usr/sbin/add-shell' in sarge's debianutils:
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=%2Fusr%2Fsbin%2Fadd-shell&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=stable&arch=i386
Which leads to some obvious questions you'll want to consider.
Regards,
Ralph
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