Package: libmdc3 Severity: serious Version: 0.15.0+dfsg-1 Hi,
trying to upgrade medcon and xmedcon fails during the installation of libmdc3 as follows: Selecting previously unselected package libmdc3. Preparing to unpack .../282-libmdc3_0.15.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libmdc3 (0.15.0+dfsg-1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-On0UWs/282-libmdc3_0.15.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmdc.so.3.0.0', which is also in package libmdc2 0.15.0-1 dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) […] dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xmedcon: xmedcon depends on libmdc3; however: Package libmdc3 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package xmedcon (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured […] dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of medcon: medcon depends on libmdc3; however: Package libmdc3 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package medcon (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured […] Errors were encountered while processing: xmedcon medcon Looks as if proper Breaks and Replaces headers are missing in the libmdc3 package. I do see a "Replaces: libmdc" and a "Conflicts: libmdc" header, but those look (based on this specific header combination) like a rather old package renaming. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (110, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) LSM: AppArmor: enabled