Re: 2 packages with the same file

2010-08-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
file than an other package which is already installed on my > computer, I > can install it. > > Now I prove it : > > I have 2 packages with the same file : > -nvidia-glx > -xserver-xorg-core > > The file is : /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [...] > So,

Re: 2 packages with the same file

2010-08-12 Thread spam . spam . spam . spam
ave 2 packages with the same file : -nvidia-glx -xserver-xorg-core The file is : /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so We can see it doing : $ apt-file list nvidia-glx $ apt-file list xserver-xorg-core or : $ dpkg -c nvidia-glx_173.14.09-5_i386.deb $ dpkg -c xserver-xorg-core_1.4.2-10.lenny2_i38

Re: 2 packages with the same file

2010-08-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
age which is already installed >on my computer, I can install it. Not true, normally. dpkg can't tell where a .deb came from; that information is not stored inside the package. It checks all packages for file-level conflicts as part of installing them. >Now I prove it : > >

Re: 2 packages with the same file

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Jackson
spam.spam.spam.s...@free.fr wrote: (sorry for the french messages, I don't want to change my locale but if you consider it is very important to see the messages in english I can do it) It'd probably help. You don't have to (well, shouldn't have to) permanantly change your locale to do it, jus

2 packages with the same file

2010-08-10 Thread spam . spam . spam . spam
ave 2 packages with the same file : -nvidia-glx -xserver-xorg-core The file is : /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so We can see it doing : $ apt-file list nvidia-glx $ apt-file list xserver-xorg-core or : $ dpkg -c nvidia-glx_173.14.09-5_i386.deb $ dpkg -c xserver-xorg-core_1.4.2-10.lenny2_i38