I do recall there was at least one package that was on the 1.3 install media that contained some erroneous files. This was not a problem during installation. But, it could cause a file collision with other packages. I forget which package that was.
Also, I have seen that sometimes FDNPKG would throw the “file exists” error on updates. But, performing a remove then an install (instead of update) seemed to work fine. But, it has been a while since I’ve seen that and I forget the reason for that issue. If you remove the package and then try to install it again and it fails. You should be able to delete the conflicting file and try again. Also, there is a tool called PKGINFO (part of PKGTOOLS) that can provide information on installed packages. For example, list the executables that were installed as part of a package, show missing files, tell what package a file belongs to, etc. I think it was included in 1.3. If not, it is available through the repos that FDNPKG is configured to fetch from. > On Sep 1, 2024, at 2:36 AM, Roger via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Although I've just successfully updated a clean install FD13 LiveCD > image (with all packages, no sources) using fdnpkg, only one of the many > packages failed. Oddly with the same error first mentioned on this > thread! > > nethack, local version 3.4.3a updating to 3.6.7 > again, only stdout or a prompt stating: > > Error: Package contains a file that already exists locally. > > Again, no mention of attempted prior removal before updating. > > Since it's a game, shouldn't most down at all. However, I'm pretty sure > where one package is failing, might be a few more elsewhere, such as the > source packages. > > Roger > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
