Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-11 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:45:26PM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote: > >>Then, whenever the situation arises, dpkg will automatically overwrite > >>the common file. > > > > Please don't do that. > > Can you explain [briefly] why not -- I thought it was OK to do. If 2 packages have the same file, but th

Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 10:45:26PM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote: > Can you explain [briefly] why not -- I thought it was OK to do. Anything with the word 'force' when it comes to package management is ALWAYS 100% of the time with no exceptions a very bad thing. It is really that simple. It turns of

Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-11 Thread Nigel Ridley
Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 06:20:36AM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote: > >>Grahame White wrote: >> >>>I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following >>>errors: >>> >>>Unpacking replacement libc6 ... >>>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_

Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-08 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 06:20:36AM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote: >> Grahame White wrote: >> > I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following >> > errors: >> > >> > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... >> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/

Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 06:20:36AM +0300, Nigel Ridley wrote: > Grahame White wrote: > > I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following > > errors: > > > > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb > > (--unpa

Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Nigel Ridley wrote: > Grahame White wrote: > > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb > > (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package xmms-kde This seems like a very strange thing to see here. I t

Re: libc6 update problems

2005-08-07 Thread Nigel Ridley
Grahame White wrote: > I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following > errors: > > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package xmms-kde

libc6 update problems

2005-08-07 Thread Grahame White
I just tried doing an aptitude upgrade but I'm getting the following errors: Unpacking replacement libc6 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.5-3_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package xmms-kde Errors were encountered while proce