I have exactly the same problem on this system. I've already tried Ben's suggestion of purging all gcc-3.0 stuff and re-installing, and I still get the error.
(Reading database ... 99786 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking gcc-3.0-sparc64 (from .../gcc-3.0-sparc64_1%3a3.0.1-0pre010801_sparc.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.0-sparc64_1%3a3.0.1-0pre010801_sparc.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/3.0.1/cc1', which is also in package gcc-3.0 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Relevant installed packages: ii gcc-3.0 3.0.1-0pre0108 The GNU C compiler. ii gcc-3.0-base 3.0.1-0pre0108 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package). ii libc6-sparc64 2.2.3-9 GNU C Library: 64bit Shared libraries for Ul ii libgcc1-sparc6 3.0.1-0pre0108 64bit Shared libgcc. later, chris -- Chris Ricker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
