Re: Can't update Testing system
Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 09:18:55PM -0500, JoeHill <joehill@teksavvy.com> was
> heard to say:
> > dpkg: error
> > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsox-fmt-base_14.2.0-1_i386.deb
> > (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/sox/libsox_fmt_sndfile.so', which
> > is also in package libsox-fmt-sndfile
>
> That's your bug. It looks like the old libsox-fmt-sndfile (which
> seems to have been removed from the archive) conflicts with
> libsox-fmt-base. I'd suggest just removing it by hand with dpkg
> (aptitude was going to remove it anyway), and then filing a bug on
> libsox-fmt-sndbase, severity serious or greater: it should conflict
> with and replace libsox-fmt-sndfile (IMO).
Looks like just removing it worked like you said. As far as filing the bug, I'm
assuming you mean filing one with the Debian packager? Or do you mean with the
developer?
Many thanks, for the help!
--
J
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