At 8:25 Uhr -0500 24.01.2002, Benjamin Reed wrote: >Late last night I did a `fink selfupdate-cvs` and `fink update-all` >and it looks like the xfree86 upgrade didn't work properly. I >ended up with this: > > Preparing to replace xfree86-base 4.1.0-9 (using >.../xfree86-base_4.2.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xfree86-base ... > dpkg: error processing >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base_4.2.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > >(--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/include/GL/gl.h', which is also >in package xfree86-rootless > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > >/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-base_4.2.0-1_darwin-powerpc.deb > ### dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package xfree86-base-4.2.0-1 > >I remember a discussion saying it was supposed to conflict with >xfree86-rootless so it would upgrade over it, but it appears to >have not worked. I'm going to force a remove on xfree86-rootless >and try installing, but I thought I would give you a heads up >that it didn't upgrade over the old one. =)
The problem actually is that xfree86-base should also have a "replaces: xfree86-rootless" field. Jeffrey, could you please add that? To clarify the issue, and avoid confusin: the "Replaces" field does not necessarily imply that a package is a full-features replacment of another. It merely tells dpkg that this package provides files that are also provided by the package it replaces. Normally this will lead to an error, which is suppressed by specifying the "Replaces" field. The case were you have a full replacement package for another, is just a special case of this more general rule. HTH, Max -- ----------------------------------------------- Max Horn Software Developer email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone: (+49) 6151-494890 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
