On Monday 24 September 2007 13:19, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 01:06:16PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > I am trying to do an upgrade to my debian etch system and get the > > following error message. What should I do about it. (i did an update just > > before the upgrade attempt.) > > > > > > Unpacking replacement x11-common ... > > dpkg: error > > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-19_i386.deb > > (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package pythonol > > it looks like pythonol is a spanish language learning tool written in > python, but its not in the debian repositories. Where did it come from > and why the heck does it muck around in /usr/X11R6/bin? It definitely > shouldn't do that, but being outside of standard debian, who > knows. You can force it with > > dpkg --force-overwrite <package> > > but be forewarned that forcing anything is bad and you should try to > find what's going on with pythonol. > > A
is there any way to have the update ignore pythonol? i don't recognize it. and def'ly don't want to do a force. tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
