On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:42:01PM +0200, J�r�me Warnier wrote: > Note: I do not use the "fore-port" from fpeters on this machine. > > Unpacking replacement gnome-panel-data ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-panel-data_2.4.1-1_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/pixmaps/cdeappmenu.png', which is also > in package gnome-desktop-data > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > It seems the order in which it does the upgrade counts because > restarting the upgrade just after that, whitout any other change works.
This is a bug in apt-get, which doesn't know that it should ignore overwrite errors when the packages are updated. Or better yet, it should notice, and remove/upgrade the old package before installing the new one. A rerun of dpkg/apt usually fixes the problem though. Friendly, Sven Luther
