Package: kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc
Version: 2.6.8-12
Severity: normal

Something appears to have changed in the division of files between the
kernel-image and the kernel-build packages: My kernel is held at
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc version 2.6.8-4, mainly since I've seen no need
to upgrade it yet, and I'm getting the following messages when upgrading
the kernel-build package:

  Preparing to replace kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc 2.6.8-12 (using 
.../kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-16_powerpc.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc ...
  dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-16_powerpc.deb 
(--unpack):
   trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/source', which is also in 
package kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc

It seems the kernel-build package needs to conflict with earlier versions
of the kernel-image package.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kernel-build-2.6.8-powerpc depends on:
ii  kernel-headers-2.6.8          2.6.8-16   header files for the Linux kernel 

-- no debconf information


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