Package: python3-distutils Version: 3.6.5~rc1-3 Severity: normal The version as stated above is incorrect, the issue is with trying to install version 3.6.5-1. As it looks like various Debian infra aren't yet aware of this new version, I'll leave it up to the maintainer to fix it.
Here's part of the (error) output while trying to upgrade this package: Preparing to unpack .../2-python3-lib2to3_3.6.5-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python3-lib2to3 (3.6.5-1) over (3.6.5~rc1-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../3-python3-distutils_3.6.5-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python3-distutils (3.6.5-1) over (3.6.5~rc1-3) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-eHI2ei/3-python3-distutils_3.6.5-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/python3.6/distutils/__init__.py', which is also in package libpython3.6-stdlib:amd64 3.6.5-1 dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to unpack .../4-python3-tk_3.6.5-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking python3-tk:amd64 (3.6.5-1) over (3.6.5~rc1-3) ... ... Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-eHI2ei/3-python3-distutils_3.6.5-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I can provide more info if needed, but my guess is a breaks/replaces packaging issue. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages python3-distutils depends on: ii python3 3.6.5~rc1-1 ii python3-lib2to3 3.6.5-1 python3-distutils recommends no packages. python3-distutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information