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

[Scott Raun <sraun@fireopal.org>]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 05:13:01PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> Try
> 
> dpkg -r navigator-smotif-477

That let me make some progress.

dpkg -r navigator-smotif-477

apt-get -f install

dpkg: error processing 
/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 
netscape-base-4
Errors were encountered while processing:

dpkg -r netscape-base-4

dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of netscape-base-4:
 netscape-base-477 depends on netscape-base-4.
 navigator-base-477 depends on netscape-base-4.
dpkg: error processing netscape-base-4 (--remove):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netscape-base-4

dpkg -r netscape-base-477

dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of netscape-base-477:
 navigator-base-477 depends on netscape-base-477.
dpkg: error processing netscape-base-477 (--remove):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netscape-base-477

dpkg -r navigator-base-477
dpkg -r netscape-base-477
dpkg -r netscape-base-4

apt-get -f install

It looked like several/many packages installed, then I got to this:

Selecting previously deselected package xcursor-themes.
Unpacking xcursor-themes (from .../xcursor-themes_1.0.1-5_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-5_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/cursors/core.theme', which is also in 
package xlibs-data
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-5_all.deb

at which point life becomes really exciting - dpkg -r on xcursor 
themes_1.0.1-5_all says 'not installed'. Trying the same on xlibs-data 
says 'dependent on xlibs'. dpkg -r xlibs comes up (not terribly 
unexpectedly) with a whole slew of dependencies!

Now what?

-- 
Scott Raun
sraun@fireopal.org