Your message dated Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:53:02 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#709974: zsh: file conflict with zsh-common
has caused the Debian Bug report #709974,
regarding zsh: Fails to upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie if 3rd-party package
grml-etc-core is installed
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Package: zsh
Version: 5.0.2-3
Severity: serious
Justification: does not install/upgrade
Preparing to replace zsh 4.3.17-1 (using .../archives/zsh_5.0.2-3_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement zsh ...
Selecting previously unselected package zsh-common.
Unpacking zsh-common (from .../zsh-common_5.0.2-3_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/zsh-common_5.0.2-3_all.deb
(--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/zsh/zshenv', which is also in package zsh 5.0.2-3
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/mksh-static
Versions of packages zsh depends on:
ii dpkg 1.16.10
ii libc6 2.17-3
ii libcap2 1:2.22-1.2
ii libtinfo5 5.9+20130504-1
pn zsh-common <none>
Versions of packages zsh recommends:
iu libncursesw5 5.9+20130504-1
ii libpcre3 1:8.31-2
Versions of packages zsh suggests:
pn zsh-doc <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/zsh/zlogin changed [not included]
/etc/zsh/zlogout changed [not included]
/etc/zsh/zprofile changed [not included]
/etc/zsh/zshenv changed [not included]
/etc/zsh/zshrc changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
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Hi,
* Thorsten Glaser [Mon May 27, 2013 at 10:24:23AM +0200]:
> Preparing to replace zsh 4.3.17-1 (using .../archives/zsh_5.0.2-3_amd64.deb)
> ...
> Unpacking replacement zsh ...
> Selecting previously unselected package zsh-common.
> Unpacking zsh-common (from .../zsh-common_5.0.2-3_all.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/zsh-common_5.0.2-3_all.deb
> (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/etc/zsh/zshenv', which is also in package zsh 5.0.2-3
> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
This was about Zsh versions for Debian wheezy + jessie, which are
both no longer supported. With both my Grml + pkg-zsh hats on, I'm
not aware of any upgrade issues any longer for the zsh +
grml-etc-core combination (using it myself also). Though I admit
that grml-etc-core's dpkg-divert implementation is somewhat closer
to a hack than a clean solution - but I'm afraid that's the best we
can get for now.
If there are any further issues, please let us know, for the time
being I'm closing this bug report.
regards
-mika-
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