John> I just did an update yesterday, and xlibs won't upgrade. John> Basically it fails when it tries to update app-default. I John> included my log of what happens if it helps.
[...] Preparing to replace xlibs 4.0.1-1 (using .../xlibs_4.0.2-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xlibs ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.2-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in package ddd dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.2-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ exit exit Looks familiar :( AFAIK this is really a problem with all the other packages (like ddd, also groff and a zillion others) that put stuff into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. They need to to changed to put the stuff into the real location /etc/X11/app-defaults instead. What I ended up doing: a) download the .deb without installing it (if you use apt, it's already in your /var/cache/apt/archives, probably) b) use dpkg-deb --extract and dpkg-deb --control to unpack the package in a private tree (be sure to "man dpkg-deb" 1st) c) delete the stupid ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults symlink from the private tree d) recreate the package with dpkg-deb --build e) install the recreated package locally with dpkg --install HTH, -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. EngSoc adopts market economy: cheap is wasteful, efficient is expensive.
