On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 08:39:41 -0000, pedxing wrote: > On Jun 7, 9:50 am, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:04:54 -0000, pedxing wrote: > > > I ran into this problem when trying to do my weekly aptitude upgrade > > > on an AMD64 system running Lenny: > > > ---- > > > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using .../archives/ > > > libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb) ... > > > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb > > > (--unpack): > > > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package gtk-qt- > > > engine
[...] > > It seems to be bug #421581 which is fixed in Sid. You could try to > > install the Sid version of gtk-qt-engine or wait until it comes to > > Lenny. You can probably also temporarily uninstall gtk-qt-engine if you > > want to upgrade libc6 now without putting Sid packages on your system. > > (Using dpkg with --force-overwrite should also allow you to install the > > new version of libc6, but I would avoid resorting to --force-* unless > > absolutely necessary.) > > I guess I'm not too clear on how the package flow from unstable to > testing is supposed to work. I figured that it would get fixed in > unstable (it did), and then would "trickle down" to testing (it > hasn't). The fixed version of gtk-qt-engine (1:0.8~svn-rev36-2) is available in testing. > This condition is preventing me from applying -any- updates, so I've > got a huge backlog of updates. I figured I would just be patient and > wait, but it's been 1.5 months since I've been able to update my > system at all. I think that your system is stuck at the moment because apt is determined to fix the libc6 problem before doing anything else. You will have to help things along a bit (see details below). > I don't want to put Sid packages on my Lenny system and I don't want > to force anything. But I also don't want to sit here without any > updates. Removing gtk-qt-engine isn't really an option because of all > of the dependencies. > > Is my system hosed? If so how? I don't see anyone else having this > problem, but I can't believe I have to re-install because I have > always been good about only using aptitude to do regular updates (ie., > no pinning, no funny business forcing packages, etc.). > > What have I done wrong, and how can I get back to normal? You did not do anything wrong; you just had bad luck and performed an upgrade at the wrong time. I think you can eliminate the problem like this: 1) Download the fixed version of gtk-qt-engine: wget http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/g/gtk-qt-engine/gtk-qt-engine_0.8~svn-rev36-2_amd64.deb 2) Shut down X, go to a tty and become root. Then install the new version that you just downloaded: dpkg -i gtk-qt-engine_0.8~svn-rev36-2_amd64.deb 3) Now it should be possible to complete the installation of libc6: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9_amd64.deb 4) Apt should be able to fix the rest on its own after that: apt-get install -f 5) Now you should be back in business. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
