Re: app-defaults
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 12:34:51PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote:
> Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-7 (using .../xlibs_4.0.1-8_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-8_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package xscreensaver
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
What I did was to use --force-overwrite, I haven't had any problems because
of this.
> Should I file a bugreport against xscreensaver? What is the correct
> thing to do?
AFAICR, yes, you should. X clients should use /etc/X11/app-defaults.
Hope this helps,
Charl
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