On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:07:31AM +0000, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I cannot install the latest xlibs (xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) on my Woody system > because it complains about /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. I get the > following error message using apt-get or dpkg: > > Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-3 (using xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xlibs ... > dpkg: error processing xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package groff > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
I had the same problem with a couple of packages. (And I found no workaround). There seems to be a but in one of the dpkg scripts. -- Johannes
