Package: x11-common Version: 1:7.0.20 Severity: normal ghostview isn't available in sarge or later releases, but is available in woody. This package installs into /usr/X11R6/bin and so if present will break the x11-common upgrade.
$ dpkg --contents ghostview_1.5-27_powerpc.deb | grep usr/X11 drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:08 ./usr/X11R6/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:09 ./usr/X11R6/bin/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 117528 2001-12-30 09:09:09 ./usr/X11R6/bin/ghostview drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:08 ./usr/X11R6/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:10 ./usr/X11R6/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 10379 2001-12-30 09:09:09 ./usr/X11R6/man/man1/ghostview.1x.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:08 ./usr/X11R6/include/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:08 ./usr/X11R6/include/X11/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2001-12-30 09:09:10 ./usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 454 2001-12-30 09:09:10 ./usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/mini.ghostview.xpm Please conflict with ghostscript to avoid this problem. BTW, there may be other packages in woody causing similar problems. Regards, Roger -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.17 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages x11-common depends on: ii cdebconf [debconf-2.0] 0.102 Debian Configuration Management Sy ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.1 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.16.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii lsb-base 3.1-6 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip x11-common recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users: Console Users Only x11-common/experimental_packages: x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users: console x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error: x11-common/upgrade_issues: * x11-common/xwrapper/nice_value: 0 x11-common/x11r6_bin_not_empty: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]