Bug#358326: Package x11-common conflicts with package libxft-dev
Package: x11-common
Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4
Severity: normal
Upgrading package x11-common from version 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 to version
6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 fails when package libxft-dev is also installed:
root@rattle:~# apt-get install x11-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
x11-common
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1124kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 243910 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace x11-common 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 (using .../x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-5_all.deb) ...
Document `debian-x-faq' is not installed, cannot remove.
Unpacking replacement x11-common ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-5_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/include/X11', which is also in package libxft-dev
System startup links for /etc/init.d/x11-common already exist.
Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix...done.
Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix...done.
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-5_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (9, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages x11-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.15.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii lsb-base 3.0-16 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip
x11-common recommends no packages.
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