On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:30:01PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > Right now, coreutils replaces debianutils (<= 2.3.1). However, if I try > to install both packages simultaneously (e.g. using debootstrap), or try > to reinstall debianutils, I get: > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.3.1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/bin/readlink', which is also in package coreutils
Replaces is (unfortunately) a one way relationship -- you have to install the replacing package after the replaced package. Doing this with essential packages seems a bit odd; not having a fixed debianutils yet seems quite wrong. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``Dear Anthony Towns: [...] Congratulations -- you are now certified as a Red Hat Certified Engineer!''
