Package: apt Version: 0.3.7 Severity: normal (Reading database ... 50945 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xfree86-common 3.3.3.1-8 (using /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.3.1-9_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xfree86-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.3.1-9_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/X11', which is also in package abisuite Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xfree86-common_3.3.3.1-9_all.deb E: Sub-process returned an error code (1) Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue.
/usr/lib/dpkg//methods/apt/install: /usr/bin/dpkg/: Not a directory Editing /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install to remove the trailing slash fixes the problem; it appears on both i386 and powerpc. -- System Information Debian Release: potato Architecture: powerpc Kernel: Linux quango2.watervalley.net 2.2.8 #3 Mon Jun 21 07:33:08 CDT 1999 ppc Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.66-2 The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)
