Package: binutils
Version: 2.18.1~cvs20080103-4
Severity: serious

Hi,

a package must not contain a directory that is a symbolic link in
another package or dpkg will complain about atempted
overwrites. Specifically binutils must not ship a /usr/lib64/
directory:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-10_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 99972 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 (using .../libc6_2.7-10_amd64.deb) 
...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking init scripts...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-10_amd64.deb 
(--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package binutils
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-10_amd64.deb

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% dpkg -c 
/var/cache/apt/archives/binutils_2.18.1\~cvs20080103-4_amd64.deb | grep lib64
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2008-04-05 11:40 ./usr/lib64/
-rw-r--r-- root/root   1027512 2008-04-05 11:40 ./usr/lib64/libiberty.a

Please move libiberty.a to /usr/lib where it belongs.

MfG
        Goswin

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-xen-ubuntu
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages binutils depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

binutils recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information



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