Package: libstdc++6-4.4-doc Version: 4.4-20090329-1 Severity: normal
I see this error when trying to install manpages-dev; I'm not sure where where the fault actually lies, but given that libstdc++6-4.4-doc is in experimental, I'll report it here instead: $ LANG=C sudo aptitude install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: manpages-dev 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1540kB of archives. After unpacking 3269kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] (Reading database ... 168669 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking manpages-dev (from .../manpages-dev_3.17-1_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/manpages-dev_3.17-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man3/string.3.gz', which is also in package libstdc++6-4.4-doc dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/manpages-dev_3.17-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Thanks, -Miles -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libstdc++6-4.4-doc depends on: ii gcc-4.4-base 4.4-20090329-1 The GNU Compiler Collection (base libstdc++6-4.4-doc recommends no packages. libstdc++6-4.4-doc suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gcc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org