On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:01:16AM -0500, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
> Yeah, same here on a sid system:
>
> Preparing to unpack .../libxtables12_1.6.0+snapshot20161117-2_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking libxtables12:amd64 (1.6.0+snapshot20161117-2) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxtables12_1.6.0+snapshot20161117-2_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxtables.so.12.0.0',
> which is also in package libxtables11:amd64 1.6.0+snapshot20161117-1
> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libxtables12_1.6.0+snapshot20161117-2_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> However, the old package wasn't used anymore, so a dpkg --purge
> libxtables11:amd64, and an apt-get install -f did the trick.
>
> Seems like a Conflicts/Breaks might be best here, apt can just get rid
> of the other package.
Breaks+Replaces is the proper solution.
> Paul
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