On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:49:05 +0200, "Florian Kulzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hereon wrote: > > dpkg-divert: mismatch on package when removing `diversion of > > /usr/share/pixmaps/splash/gnome-splash.png > > > > > > Hi - How can I fix this? > > [...] > > I think you could try to remove the problematic package with dpkg (as > root): > > dpkg -r desktop-base > > If that works you can issue the "apt-get -f install" command again. I > think apt might even notice that it has to reinstall the newer version > of the desktop-base package to satisfy dependencies. If that is not the > case do it yourself: "apt-get install desktop-base". > > As far as I understand the problem with the diversions during upgrades, > it has something to do with the fact that the post/pre-rm scripts which > remove the created diversions are not (fully) run during an upgrade. I > hope that explicitly removing the package with dpkg will run the > post/pre-rm scripts and create a clean slate for the installation of the > newer version. > > If the dpkg command given above also fails, then you can try to be more > insistent with the "force-all" option: > > dpkg --force-all -r desktop-base
Thanks - dpkg -r, then apt-get -f install, got much further. Way past where it stopped before, so I think your suggestion fixed the problem. No errors were returned. "dpkg -l desktop-base" showed it installed. I did "apt-get dist-upgrade", and it's continuing on right now. Thanks! :) -- Hereon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
