Sorry, I thought I replied to this e-mail last week, but its not showing up in the bug tracker.
Anyways, here's what dpkg tells me: (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -s libsnmp-base Package: libsnmp-base Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 3032 Maintainer: Net-SNMP Packaging Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Source: net-snmp Version: 5.2.3-7 Replaces: snmp (<= 3.6.2-3), libsnmp, zebra, zebra-pj, quagga Provides: libsnmp Conflicts: libsnmp ... and here is the output of aptitude when trying to install: (0) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install netperf Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libsnmp15 The following packages have been kept back: ... The following partially installed packages will be configured: snmp 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 333 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libsnmp15: Depends: libsnmp-base (>= 5.4.1~dfsg-6) but 5.2.3-7 is installed and it is kept back. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Upgrade the following packages: libsnmp-base [5.2.3-7 (now) -> 5.4.1~dfsg-6 (testing)] Score is 120 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y The following packages have been kept back: ... The following packages will be upgraded: libsnmp-base The following partially installed packages will be configured: libsnmp15 snmp 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 332 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1368kB of archives. After unpacking 455kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done (Reading database ... 145555 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libsnmp-base 5.2.3-7 (using .../libsnmp-base_5.4.1~dfsg-6_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsnmp-base ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsnmp-base_5.4.1~dfsg-6_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/net-snmp-config.1.gz', which is also in package libsnmp9-dev Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libsnmp-base_5.4.1~dfsg-6_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 libsnmp15: libsnmp15 depends on libsnmp-base (>= 5.4.1~dfsg-6); however: Version of libsnmp-base on system is 5.2.3-7. dpkg: error processing libsnmp15 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of snmp: snmp depends on libsnmp15 (>= 5.4.1~dfsg); however: Package libsnmp15 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing snmp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libsnmp15 snmp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done thanks -- Isaac Freeman memotype (at) gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]