I sent yesterday the following msg to 2 maintainers,
and the e-mail of Jack Howarth bounced :
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host bromo.msbb.uc.edu[129.137.3.146]  
> said: 554
>     5.7.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Relay access denied (in reply  
> to RCPT TO
>     command)
Hopefully he gets it this way...
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> Hi to both of you !
>
> To get a list of conflicts, I run with --force-overwrite, getting :
>
>
>> # dpkg --force-overwrite -i /sw/fink/debs/ 
>> classpath_0.97.1-2_darwin-powerpc.deb Selecting previously  
>> deselected package classpath.
>> (Reading database ... 655471 files and directories currently  
>> installed.)
>> Unpacking classpath (from .../classpath_0.97.1-2_darwin- 
>> powerpc.deb) ...
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/bin/grmic', which is also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/bin/grmiregistry', which is also in  
>> package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/info/cp-tools.info', which is also  
>> in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gappletviewer.1', which  
>> is also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gcjh.1', which is also in  
>> package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gjar.1', which is also in  
>> package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gjarsigner.1', which is  
>> also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gjavah.1', which is also  
>> in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gkeytool.1', which is  
>> also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gnative2ascii.1', which  
>> is also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gorbd.1', which is also  
>> in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/grmid.1', which is also  
>> in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/grmiregistry.1', which is  
>> also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gserialver.1', which is  
>> also in package gcc43
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/man/man1/gtnameserv.1', which is  
>> also in package gcc43
>> Setting up classpath (0.97.1-2) ...
>> * Classpath Hacking: (cp-hacking). GNU Classpath Hacker's Guide
>> * VM Integration: (cp-vmintegration). GNU Classpath VM Integration  
>> Guide
>> * Classpath Tools: (cp-tools). GNU Classpath Tools Guide
>>
>
>
> Don't know exactly what to think about it _ but this has to be  
> solved ..
> Note there are much fewer items in the list in bin than in man ... :
> if one or both of the pkgs install man (or info) pages that do not  
> correspond to
> installed binaries or other executables, removing those might  
> already alleviate
> the problem...
> And for the remaining ones, this seems to call for update-alternatives
> (with a priority for the compiler..)  This has to be coordinated  
> and settled between
> the 2 maintainers ..
> Best,
>
> Jean-Francois

PS: Other solutions might include letting some of the doc files  
replace each other,
if they are substantially identical (but drawback: if the replacing  
pkg is afterwards
removed by the used, the replaced pkg is left broken..), or using "-- 
program-prefix"
in classpath's configure (if it works), to change the prefix from  
"g"   e.g. to "g_"

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