On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 05:00:53PM -0400, James Cloos wrote: > With the rename, I now get this when upgrading: > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > bison : Depends: libbison-dev (= 1:2.5.dfsg-2) but it is not installed > > ... > > Unpacking libbison-dev (from .../libbison-dev_1%3a2.5.dfsg-2_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libbison-dev_1%3a2.5.dfsg-2_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/liby.a', which is also in > package liby-dev 1:2.5.dfsg-1 > configured to not write apport reports > dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was > killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libbison-dev_1%3a2.5.dfsg-2_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > And there doesn't seem to be any way around this using apt.
Workaround for this bug: dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libbison-dev_1%3a2.5.dfsg-2_i386.deb > The suggested apt-get -f install dies the same was as upgrade, and > neither remove nor purge can remove the liby-dev package. > > One must 'dpkg --purge liby-dev' in order to install libbison-dev. A "Replaces: liby (= 1:2.5.dfsg-1)" should fix that bug properly. Unrelated: yiff should get an epoch in the version number, so that it's liby-dev to get a higher version number than the bison one. > -JimC cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org