"Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I try to upgrade my wu-ftpd, it fails because there's a manpage > that is also present in another package. What's the case? Wasn't that > supposed to be normal? Why does it fail? What's the correct procedure > now? > > Here's the thing: > > dpkg -iE wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb > (Reading database ... 30015 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace wu-ftpd 2.4-27 (using .../net/wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement wu-ftpd ... > dpkg: error processing > dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/net/wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/ftpd.8.gz', which is also in package > netstd > > Errors were encountered while processing: > dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/net/wu-ftpd_2.4-28.2.deb > Warning -- 1 failed dpkg run(s)!
The workaround is to use dpkg -i --force-overwrite wu_ftp_* by hand. See bug #18257: netstd: conflicting manpages ftpd.8.gz in netstd and wu-ftpd Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
