Hello Wichert Akkerman, at Donnerstag, 5. September 2002, 17:42 you wrote:
> * keep your system on testing and enjoy the ride > If you go for the first option I'll give you a hint though: install > an old dpkg manually using --force-overwrite and then remove the dselect > package. at the moment it looks like I have to enjoy the ride, since I don't know how to downgrade dpkg. All the --force-* are ignored, it looks more that dpkg forces me. ;-) debianvm:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb --force-overwright dpkg - warning: downgrading dpkg from 1.10.4 to 1.9.21. (Reading database ... 39446 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.4 (using dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg ... dpkg: error processing dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb (--install): trying to overwrite `/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg', which is also in package dselect dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) dpkg: error processing --force-overwright (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: dpkg_1.9.21_i386.deb --force-overwright I post this to the list, perhaps it is possible to have a solution for this in future releases of dpkg. Thanks to all for their help. Dieter Tremel -- Tremel Computer http://www.tremel-computer.de Dieter Tremel mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rebenring 16 Tel +49 871 9357080 84032 Altdorf Fax +49 871 9357081
