I had the a similar problem (util-linux and shellutils, not clock) what I did was manually run dpkg -f overwrite -i <the package (NOT util-linux)>
Now all works fine. Ron ========================================================== MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU ========================================================== On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Aaron Solochek wrote: > When trying to update to potato I get the following error: > > (Reading database ... 20980 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking util-linux (from .../util-linux_2.10d-5_sparc.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/util-linux_2.10d-5_sparc.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh', which is also in package > clock > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/util-linux_2.10d-5_sparc.deb > E: Sub-process returned an error code (1) > Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the > packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors > or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors > above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall > again > Press enter to continue. > > > This is part of util-linux... so I am very wary of rebooting, I have no > idea how this will affect the system. Any ideas on how to fix it? > > -Aaron Solochek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >