Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 05:01:44PM +0000, publiccontact2020 wrote: > (Reading database ... 210090 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../base-files_13.3_amd64.deb ... > dpkg-divert: error: 'diversion of /lib32 to /.lib32.usr-is-merged by > base-files' clashes with 'local > diversion of /.lib32.usr-is-merged to /.lib32.usr-is-merged.distrib'
We can see that there is a local diversion of /.lib32.usr-is-merged. I'm not sure why you'd add such a diversion, but at that point there is not much base-files can do. I don't think we ever supported diverting diversion targets. No package should be adding local diversions, so I have very little explanations for what you are seeing than it being your fault. > dpkg: error processing archive > /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.3_amd64.deb (--unpack): > new base-files package pre-installation script subprocess returned error > exit status 2 > motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it. > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.3_amd64.deb Your system was reported as LinuxMint and now you install base-files 13.3, which looks very Debian-ish to me. Mixing Ubuntu and Debian is a recipe for breakage as has been said repeatedly in this conversation. I am tagging the bug moreinfo until we have a better understanding of how one would end up in the reported situation. All plausible explanations known thus far involve doing something entirely unsupported. Helmut
