I thought dpkg only complained about overwriting when at least one of the two is a file. It this is so, then dpkg doesn't handle the case when one of them doesn't exist (I did "rm -r /usr/lib/netscape" to remove loads of netscape junk).
[1]wyvern:/zip/linux/debs$ sudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i netscape4_4.0-10.deb (Reading database ... 35726 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking netscape4 (from netscape4_4.0-10.deb) ... dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: trying to overwrite /usr/lib/netscape', which is also in package acroread dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: trying to overwrite /usr/lib/netscape/plugins', which is also in package acroread Setting up netscape4 (4.0-10) ... - Found '/tmp/navigator-v405-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz'... (valid) - extracting from /tmp/navigator-v405-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz Yes - it *does* fail without the --force-overwrite. Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
