On 02-Oct-2001 Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hello, > > i updated woody today and found that the new xlib package wanted to > install a file over the mixviews package. > > Preparing to replace xlibs 4.1.0-5 (using .../xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xlibs ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package mixviews > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.1.0-6_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > what is the standard operating procedure for this? >
This is mixviews violating X policy. Check if there is a bug open and if not file one. In general one of the packages is wrong an deserves a bug. Always check if the bug is known about already though. if you need to install the package despite the conflict there are dpkg commands for that see its manpage and --help.
