hi,
>>>>> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> install the hurd package (000921) I get an conflict error:
>> "shellutils conflicts with login (<< 19990827-1)" "hurd
>> provides login and is to be installed"
>>
>> "conflicting packages - not installing hurd"
Marcus> Yes, it's a bug in dpkg and Ben Collins is investigating
Marcus> this. When we have a solution, I will upload a new dpkg
Marcus> package. For now, you can try to edit /var/lib/dpkg/status
Marcus> and remove the login entry in the shellutils conflict
Marcus> line.
Wouldnt it be better to do
# cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
# dpkg --force-conflicts -i hurd_20000921.deb
# apt-get upgrade
?
prabhu
