> I just rendered my system basically unusable doing an apt-get dist-upgrade. > I was aiming for woody; my system was potato + bits of woody. The problem > seems to be with XFree86; I was on 3.3. > > I had debug logging enabled on apt-get, so I can provide gory details. But > here are the highlights:
> Preparing to replace xbase-clients 3.3.6-11potato15 (using > .../xbase-clients_4.0.2-1_i386.deb) ... > Note: Removing obsolete /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit directory. > Unpacking replacement xbase-clients ... > D000400: does_replace ... found old, version 0:3.3.2.3a-9 > dpkg: error processing /usr/var/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.0.2-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config', which is also in package > xserver-common > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > Subsequent attempt to apt-get -f install or apt-get remove various packages > fail because of dependency problems. > > Any suggestions how to proceed? And should I report this as a bug against > apt-get, xfree, none, both? I don't know which package to report against, but you could do $> dpkg --force-overwrite --install xbase-clients That should fix that problem, then do a $> dpkg -a --configure to fix the pending stuff. Cheers, -- Lance Levsen, Programmer Product Innovation PWGroup - S'toon. 477-3166
