At 0:56 +0200 10/12/01, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
>Em Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:53:00 +0200
>Regnat Nikolaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
>
>> --------------------
>> Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ...
>> dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install):
>>  trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz',
>>which is
>> also in package xfonts-base
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb
>> --------------------
>>
>> Is there a way to achive this?
>that's a bug, if this is an official package you should fill a bug report
>on it...

IMHO it is a feature, a usefull feature

Package "abc" should NOT overwrite files of package "xyz".


If people have problems with the contents of "xyz.deb",
they should take the source and rebuild a modified one.



Kind Regards, Geert Stappers
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The Future is now, be part of it.



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