On Sáu, 07 Giêng 2000, Colin Watson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Preparing to replace debconf 0.2.60 (using .../debconf_0.2.65_all.deb) ... > >Unpacking replacement debconf ... > >dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_0.2.65_all.deb > >(--unpack): > > trying to overwrite directory `/usr/sbin' in package sudo with nondirectory > >Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_0.2.65_all.deb > >E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
It's an easy fix to fix it, in the Makefile of the source, one line has bin where it should say sbin Patch follows: --- Makefile.orig Fri Jan 7 23:31:21 2000 +++ Makefile Fri Jan 7 23:25:45 2000 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ install -d $(prefix)/usr/share/man/man3/ pod2man Client/ConfModule.pm > $(prefix)/usr/share/man/man3/Debian::Debconf::Client::ConfModule.3pm # Install bins - install -d $(prefix)/usr/bin + install -d $(prefix)/usr/sbin find Client -perm +1 -type f | grep -v frontend | \ xargs -i_ install _ $(prefix)/usr/sbin -- Ashley Clark