-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In a recent apt-get update/upgrade cycle on a machine running unstable, I seem to have stumbled over an inconsistency.
# apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded python python2.3 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2897kB of archives. After unpacking 16.4kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main python 2.3.2-6 [153kB] Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main python2.3 2.3.2-6 [2744kB] Fetched 2635kB in 3m16s (13.4kB/s) Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 73727 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace python 2.3.2-2 (using .../python_2.3.2-6_all.deb) ... Document `python-policy' is not installed, cannot remove. Unpacking replacement python ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python_2.3.2-6_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/python2.3/python-policy.html', which is also in package python2.3 dpkg: considering removing python in favour of python2.3 ... dpkg: no, cannot remove python (--auto-deconfigure will help): python-gdk-imlib-1.2 depends on python (<< 2.4) python is to be removed. dpkg: regarding .../python2.3_2.3.2-6_i386.deb containing python2.3: python2.3 conflicts with python (<= 2.3.2-5) python (version 2.3.2-2) is installed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3_2.3.2-6_i386.deb (--unpack): conflicting packages - not installing python2.3 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/python_2.3.2-6_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.3_2.3.2-6_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Is this a known inconsistency, or have I mangled something on my machine? Be seeing you, norm - -- Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The aging process has you firmly in its http://nwalsh.com/ | grasp if you never get the urge to | throw a snowball.--Doug Larson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQE/w8F6OyltUcwYWjsRAiSQAJwJv13f2oE8hq+klg/kgFNsk2EEgQCfTcD7 W0EZrqCXiePZAn/P5IWmUwA= =Lg0k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
