XFree86 4.3 in unstable
Saw this baby in unstable, hence removed my experimental line from
sources.list. An aptitude upgrade followed by aptitude upgrade showed
quite a few packages to upgrade:
The following packages will be upgraded:
acpid apt apt-utils aptitude armagetron armagetron-common aspell
aspell-bin base-config console-common console-data console-tools cpp
cpp-3.3 cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gimpprint cvs
debconf debconf-i18n debconf-utils debhelper debootstrap
dictionaries-common easytag ethereal ethereal-common fam fontconfig
g++
g++-3.3 gcc gcc-3.3 gcc-3.3-base gettext gettext-base gift giftd
gnumeric
gnuserv grep-dctrl grepmail gs-esp gstreamer-gconf hdparm iamerican
intltool-debian ispell jpilot jpilot-plugins kernel-package lg-base
libaspell15 libaudio2 libconsole libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libdps1
libeel2-2 libeel2-data libfam0c102 libfltk1.1c102 libfontconfig1
libfontconfig1-dev libgcc1 libgift0 libgiftproto0 libgii0
libgii0-target-x libgimpprint1 libgnomeprint2.2-0
libgnomeprint2.2-data
libgnutella-gift libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libgtop2 libimlib2
liblcms1 libldap2 libmetacity0 libmusicbrainz2 libmysqlclient12
libnewt0.51 libobjc1 libperl5.8 libpisock++0 libpisock8 libruby1.8
libsmbclient libsndfile1 libsndfile1-dev libstdc++5 libstdc++5-3.3-dev
libusb-0.1-4 libxaw6 libxaw7 libxml-parser-perl libxml2 libxml2-dev
libxmltv-perl lynx make man-db manpages mime-codecs mime-support
mplayer-mozilla mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server mythtv-doc nano
nautilus-data ncftp netbase openoffice.org openoffice.org-bin
openoffice.org-debian-files openoffice.org-l10n-en
openoffice.org-mimelnk
perl perl-base perl-doc perl-modules pilot-link po-debconf procps
reportbug samba samba-common samba-doc smbclient smbfs ssh tar
tuxracer-data ucf vcdimager vim vim-gtk wget whiptail whois wmclockmon
xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfree86-common xmltv-util
xplanet
xplanet-images xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xterm xutils zinf zlib1g
zlib1g-dev
I left it on it's own, and came back later. Every package installed ok
except xserver-xfree86. I get a debconf window with yes / no option,
but no question. I hit no, figuring that doing nothing is best. :) In
the terminal, I have:
Preparing to replace xserver-xfree86 4.3.0-0ds2.0.0woody2 (using
.../xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xserver-xfree86 ...
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin/gtf', which is also in package
xbase-clients
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #1 of
/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xfree86.templates
So I guess that it's dist-upgrade time, as this file must have changed
packages. Problem is, if I do an aptitude dist-upgrade, it wants to
install loads of bloat - including all of gnome? Why is this? Surely
nothing recommends all of gnome... Can anyone give me a pointer?
A
PS If replying only to debian-x, I'd appreciate a CC.
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Please don't CC me. Also _please_ read the following before posting:
Documentation - http://www.debian.org/doc/
FAQ - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/
Install manual (i386) - http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install
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