severity 381526 serious quit Hello vim maintainers,
vim in sarge ship /usr/share/doc/vim as a directory $ls -dl /usr/share/doc/vim drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-06-11 19:20 /usr/share/doc/vim The sarge package vim-doc ship file in that directory: $ dpkg -L vim-doc ... /usr/share/doc/vim/html/arabic.html /usr/share/doc/vim/html/autocmd.html /usr/share/doc/vim/html/change.html /usr/share/doc/vim/html/cmdline.html ... vim in etch shipp /usr/share/doc/vim as a symlink ls -dl /sid/usr/share/doc/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-09-11 21:56 /sid/usr/share/doc/vim -> vim-common However dpkg itself will not replace directories by symlinks, thus generating the error trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/vim', which is also in package vim-doc (Generally I advise against /usr/share/doc/package being a symlink because it cause more problems than any space saving it could do). Here what I got with piuparts: # piuparts -a -d sarge -d etch gnupg vim-doc gvim .... Removing vim-common ... (Reading database ... 15354 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace vim 1:6.3-071+1sarge1 (using .../vim_1%3a7.0-035+1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement vim ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vim_1%3a7.0-035+1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/vim', which is also in package vim-doc Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
