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dist-upgrade errors



Hi,

getting the following error when trying to do a dist-upgrade from woody to sarge.

Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-16 (using .../xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xlibs ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package dialdcost
Analyzing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults:
drwxr-xr-x   13 root     root         4096 Dec 30 09:17 /usr
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root         4096 Dec 27 10:39 /usr/X11R6
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Dec 30 16:01 /usr/X11R6/lib
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root         4096 Dec 30 16:01 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 16:01 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
ERROR: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults is not a symbolic link.  The package
preinst script should have failed.


any help would be appreciated..

Shane.


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