BTW, I tried to updgrade to tetex-extra_3.0_3 this morning, and it failed like this:
Preparing to replace tetex-extra 3.0-2 (using .../tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb) ...Unpacking replacement tetex-extra ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/tex/lambda/config', which is also in package tetex-base mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. Creating missing formats. Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ... Running updmap-sys. This may take some time. ... done. Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: Press return to continue. That was actually about the 3rd iteration of trying to upgrade; an earlier try has a warning too: Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 141627 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace ucf 1.15 (using .../apt/archives/ucf_1.17_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ucf ... Preparing to replace tetex-base 3.0-2 (using .../tetex-base_3.0-3_all.deb) ... Removing obsolete symlink /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config. Removing obsolete symlink /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config. Unpacking replacement tetex-base ... dpkg: tetex-base: warning - config file `etc/texmf/context/cont-usr.tex' is a circular link (= `/etc/texmf/context/cont-usr.tex') Preparing to replace tetex-extra 3.0-2 (using .../tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb) ...Unpacking replacement tetex-extra ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-extra_3.0-3_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf/tex/lambda/config', which is also in package tetex-base mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. Creating missing formats. Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ... Running updmap-sys. This may take some time. ... Thanks, -Miles -- (\(\ (^.^) (")") *This is the cute bunny virus, please copy this into your sig so it can spread. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]