Hello Antonio, I had a similar problems a few weeks ago and asked a similar question. The solution was to force the install of the newer version of libc6 like so (as root):
dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.8_sparc.deb This should fix your problem. http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2005/01/msg00125.html -- ~~~~~~~~~ -greg "hrmmm - a Beowulf cluster of Dreamcasts and PS2s..." -Slashdot.org post On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 05:39:00PM +0100, Antonio Dolcetta wrote: > hi, I'm using debian-sparc on stable and since a couple of months I've > been having a problem with dependencies concerning gcc-3.0 and libc6-sparc64 > (they seem to be incompatible) > apt and dpkg refuse to remove any of the two. > apt-get -f install failed too > > this is the output: > > > svxf1a006p:~# apt-get -f install > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > gcc-3.0 libc6-sparc64 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > gcc-3.0 > 1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > 4 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/5655kB of archives. After unpacking 3297kB will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Selecting previously deselected package libc6-sparc64. > (Reading database ... 22461 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace libc6-sparc64 2.2.5-11.5 (using > .../libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11 > 8_sparc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libc6-sparc64 ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.8_sparc.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/lib/64', which is also in package libgcc1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.8_sparc.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > What can I do ? > > Thanks > > > -- > > Antonio > http://gelo.dolcetta.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
