Re: Bug#270346: tries to overwrite something in t1-cyrillic?

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>]

reassign 270346 t1-cyrillic
stop

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Joshua Kwan wrote:

> Package: xfree86-common
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6
> Severity: serious
>
> I'm not sure whether this is xfree86's fault or t1-cyrillic's fault:
>
> Preparing to replace xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 (using .../xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-7_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-7_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/X11', which is also in package t1-cyrillic
>  System startup links for /etc/init.d/xfree86-common already exist.
>
> It seems very odd to me. Feel free to reassign.

/usr/lib/X11 is a symlink owned by xfree86-common (even in versions
earlier than -6). t1-cyrillic should respect the symlink, while it ships a
directory (reason of the conflict).

Fabio

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