Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ftp/debian/dists/frozen/contrib/binary-i386/web# dpkg -i > > netscape4_4.0-7.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package netscape4. > > (Reading database ... 61341 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking netscape4 (from netscape4_4.0-7.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing netscape4_4.0-7.deb (--install): > > trying to overwrite /usr/lib/netscape', which is also in package rvplayer > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > netscape4_4.0-7.deb > > I'm very confused by this, since I have netscape4 and rvplayer both > installed, with no problems. rvplayer.deb contains a /usr/lib/netscape/ > directory. So's netscape.deb. That's fine, no conflict, right?
Right. There seems to be an obscure bug in dpkg (?) which causes directories to not be noticed as directories but as files, creating false overwrite problems. See #20250 for more details (including a -D2773 log) -- James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
