Bug#457980: packaging problem in xserver-s3v, x11-common (multiple packages want same directory /usr/X11R6/bin)

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

reassign 457980 x11-common
retitle 457980 x11-common should conflict with xserver-s3v
thank you



Laxminarayan G Kamath A wrote:
> Package: xserver-s3v
> Version: 3.3.6-44
> Severity: normal
>
> I tried doing an apt-get update and apt-get install -f as some of the
> packages were complaining while upgrading ... dcraw I guess.
>
> -- Part of output of apt-get install -f
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 266494 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.3+8_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.3+8_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package xserver-s3v
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.3+8_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>   

Looks like x11-common needs a conflicts with xserver-s3v. But given how 
old this package is, I am not sure it is worth adding a new conflict...

Brice