Re: How to fix apt/dpkg/dselect

2000-01-26 Thread Martin Fluch
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Guyren G Howe wrote: > [...] > > Unpacking netstd... > dpkg: error processing... netstd_3.07-7slink... > trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/finger', which is also in package finger > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processi

How to fix apt/dpkg/dselect

2000-01-26 Thread Guyren G Howe
I have been trying for three or four days to get my x server to run. I can't get dselect or apt to do the intelligent thing when it comes to re-installing anything. If I fix something (by brute-force: download via ftp and install), something else breaks. apt and dselect are hopelessly trapped in l