Bug#40011: apt method for dselect fails
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.7
Severity: normal
(Reading database ... 50945 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xfree86-common 3.3.3.1-8 (using /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.3.1-9_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.3.1-9_all.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/X11', which is also in package abisuite
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.3.1-9_all.deb
E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
Press enter to continue.
/usr/lib/dpkg//methods/apt/install: /usr/bin/dpkg/: Not a directory
Editing /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install to remove the trailing slash
fixes the problem; it appears on both i386 and powerpc.
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux quango2.watervalley.net 2.2.8 #3 Mon Jun 21 07:33:08 CDT 1999 ppc
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.66-2 The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)
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