On Wednesday 18 of November 2009 18:23:02 Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 06:11:27PM +0200, George Kiagiadakis wrote: > > Yes, I already did that, but that didn't solve the /etc/qemu-ifup > > conflict... > > > > Unpacking qemu-system (from .../qemu-system_0.11.0-3_amd64.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-system_0.11.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying > > to overwrite '/etc/qemu-ifup', which is also in package qemu 0:0.11.0-3 > > qemu 0:0.11.0-3 does not contains this file, see > http://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/qemu/filelist > > It may be a dpkg bug then. Which version of dpkg are you using?
I have dpkg 1.15.5.1, but I don't think it is a dpkg bug. As you probably know, files in /etc are considered configuration files and are never removed even if the package that installed them no longer installs them. To get them removed, one needs to purge the package. Since in our case I am upgrading and not purging qemu, this configuration file still belongs to qemu, so dpkg cannot allow another package to install the same file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
