the base and server packages are now updated in CVS. I cannot test since I don't have the rootless package installed, so pls let me know if it does or does not fix the problem.
-Jeff On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Max Horn wrote: > 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 > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/CDC R/CDC1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Web : www.cdc.noaa.gov/~jsw Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
