On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:19:57 +0100, Isaac Clerencia wrote: > On Wednesday 01 February 2006 12:16, Scott wrote: > > Isaac Clerencia wrote: > > > The problem is that krita and digikam try to install the same file. I > > > didn't noticed it as the file has been added to digikam in the last > > > release. I will remove it from krita. > > > > > > Thank you for the report > > > > You're welcome. But I'm still wondering about the plumber......... > a pipe is a way of IPC (interprocess communication) in Unix. > > In this case two programs were communicating through a pipe, then one of them > (dpkg) died because of the already present file, so the other process found a > "broken pipe".
Actually I'm with Scott on this. I understand your explanation of the error, but I've always thought it should be possible for dpkg (apt-*) to output a more helpful message ... more helpful for the uninitiated, that is. When this error first happened for me I was baffled by the meaning until I googled for the various error texts and found out what a common situation this is while packaging is in a state of flux. Would it not be possible for dpkg (or apt-get, etc.) to do something like this : Unpacking replacement krita ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/krita_1%3a1.4.90.1-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/mimelnk/image/x-raw.desktop', which is also in package digikam dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal ( *Broken pipe* ) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/krita_1%3a1.4.90.1-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ============================================================= Sorry - the contents of package 'krita' are incompatible with the files already on your system. Please report this error to the creator of the package. ============================================================= In fact, couldn't the message even dig the email address of the relevant packager out of the deb and display that too ? I realise this would be redundant for long-time users, but still, in the interests of bringing Debian to the masses ... Just my 2p ... anyone else ? Worth making a feature request (bug against dpkg) ? Nick Boyce Bristol, UK -- ActiveX ? Just say 'No' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
