Package: denyhosts Version: 2.0-1 Severity: normal upgrading denyhosts from 1.4 to 2.0 fails with the errors below. It seems some package headers (Replaces, Conflicts etc, but I don't know this stuff) needs to be tweaked so that the now-metapackage gets to be "installed" (ie its files deleted) before the new dependencies.
from aptitude (second run succeeded without errors): Selecting previously deselected package denyhosts-common. (Reading database ... 145061 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking denyhosts-common (from .../denyhosts-common_2.0-1_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/denyhosts-common_2.0-1_all.deb (- -unpack): trying to overwrite `/etc/init.d/denyhosts', which is also in package denyhosts Selecting previously deselected package denyhosts-python2.3. Unpacking denyhosts-python2.3 (from .../denyhosts-python2.3_2.0-1_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/denyhosts-python2.3_2.0-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/DenyHosts/counter.py', wh ich is also in package denyhosts Preparing to replace denyhosts 1.1.4-2 (using .../denyhosts_2.0-1_all.deb) ... Stopping DenyHosts: denyhosts. Unpacking replacement denyhosts ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/denyhosts-common_2.0-1_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/denyhosts-python2.3_2.0-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of denyhosts: denyhosts depends on denyhosts-python2.3 (= 2.0-1); however: Package denyhosts-python2.3 is not installed. dpkg: error processing denyhosts (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: denyhosts Press return to continue. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages denyhosts depends on: ii denyhosts-python2.3 2.0-1 an utility to help sys admins thwa denyhosts recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
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