On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:08:11PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Harlan) writes:
> 
> > I pointed a gcc-3.4 machine that hasn't been updated in a few months
> > to your archive, and started by trying to install libc6, which
> > resulted in this:
> >
> >     Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
> >     dpkg: error processing 
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-20_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> >      trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package base-files
> >     Errors were encountered while processing:
> >      /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-20_amd64.deb
> >     E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> You just missed the "everyone needs to update now sice we will break
> the upgrade path soon" mails a while back.
> 
> The /lib64 and /usr/lib64 links have been moved from base-files to
> libc6 and the required hints for a smooth upgrade were only added
> temporarily. You have to use --force-overwrite now.

Thank you, that worked well.

--Pete


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