On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:03 am, Kent West wrote: > Thomas Adam wrote: > > --- Michael Satterwhite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/fr/man1/cups-config.1.gz', which is > > > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287609 > > > >*sigh* > > Thomas, I can understand your sigh, but searching bugs.debian.org and > actually finding relevant material is not as easy for the uninitiated as > one might wish it to be. To a non-developer, it's basically a foreign > language (because of the format/process, not the language). > > Michael, this is a fairly common type of breakage in Sid; you can > usually wait a few days and try again, and in most cases it'll have been > fixed by then. But as Thomas implies, it's a good idea to search for > these issues at bugs.debian.org, and if they're not already posted, you > might want to file a bug report yourself (although, again, the process > is not as intuitive as one might like). If you can't wait the few days, > a lot of times you can work around the problem once you realize it's a > bug, by removing conflicting packages, or "forcing" an install, etc.
Thanks for the reply. I can wait, of course. Part of my frustration has nothing to do with Debian (*GREAT* distribution) or the members of the list (and thanks, Thomas. I hang my head in shame for not searching first). My frustration comes from my own carelessness in breaking my own procedures. If I had followed them, I wouldn't be having these problems now. I hereby officially apologize for the trouble I've caused those who are trying to help.
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