Bug#415646: sarge > etch dist-upgrade fails, x11-common fails overwrite /usr/X11R6/bin

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Scott Raun wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 12:35:22AM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
>   
>> Scott Raun wrote:
>>     
>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-15_i386.deb (--unpack):
>>>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package 
>>> navigator-smotif-477
>>>   
>>>       
>> Where does this navigator-smotif-477 package come from? I don't see it here.
>>
>> We should conflict with it so that it is removed before we replace
>> /usr/X11/bin/ with a symlink during the upgrade of x11-common. But if it
>> is not an official Debian package, we might just ignore the problem...
>>     
>
> I don't know.  It was part of either my potato or sarge installation, 
> and has been upgraded as I went along.

Ok, found it, it was in woody/non-free. I guess we are not going to add
a conflict for it then :)

>   I'm most upset because EMACS is currently broken.
>   

Can't you fix it by removing navigator-smotif-477 and finishing the
upgrade with something like apt-get -f install ?

Brice