On 2010-02-02 15:30 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > I'm using a mixed system so that I could support > libapache-mod-security. This was all working fine for some time, but > now an 'apt-get upgrade' results in: > > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_7.4-2_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/arch.1.gz', which is also in > package util-linux > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_7.4-2_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Looks like a missing "Replaces: util-linux (<< [whatever-version])" in coreutils that nobody noticed so far. Note that mixing packages from oldstable and testing is generally unsupported. > Can anyone point in the right direction to correct this? Upgrading util-linux to the Lenny version (or higher) first should avoid this. If you don't want to do that and are reckless enough, dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_7.4-2_i386.deb should also work. Be sure to understand the consequences of the "--force-overwrite" option. > My /etc/apt/preferences: > > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 700 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 650 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-Priority: 600 > > My /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main > > #Testing > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main > #Unstable > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main This is missing an important point: Etch is no longer stable, for almost a year Lenny has been. You should really upgrade to Lenny if you want to use packages from testing/unstable, installing them on Etch is not supported, and security support for Etch will end in two weeks anyway. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
