>In <4d4e4185.9070...@gmail.com ><http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/02/msg00421.html>>, Drew MacDonald >wrote: >>I have been running a stable copy of lenny for the last 2 years without any >>issues (or use of unstable or testing packages). Tonight I attempted to >>upgrade to squeeze and have encountered an apparent conflict between the >>'libmagic1' and 'file' packages which are preventing me from completing the >>upgrade: >> >>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libmagic1_5.04-5_i386.deb >>(--unpack): trying to overwrite '/etc/magic.mime', which is also in package >>file 5.04-5 > >This shouldn't happen. I have file_5.04-5 installed and it does not contain >/etc/magic.mime. Sounds like it may be an architecture-specific oversight. > >You might try downloading the libmagic1_5.04-5 .deb file and installing it >directly with dpkg. There should be a specific --force-option to ignore file >conflicts. > >You might also try checking the BTS, including closed bugs. If the problem >hasn't already been reported, it probably should be. If it has, they might >have a better work around.
That worked. Thanks very much. I used the --force-overwrite option and that solved it.
