Source: boost-defaults Version: 1.49.0.1 Severity: normal When attepting to upgrade Boost apt/dpkg failed multiple times with similar errors on a number of the packages containing libraries. This is the error from libboost-chrono1.49-dev:
Unpacking libboost-chrono1.49-dev (from .../libboost-chrono1.49-dev_1.49.0-1_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost-chrono1.49-dev_1.49.0-1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libboost_chrono.a', which is also in package libboost-chrono1.48-dev 1.48.0-3 configured to not write apport reports Preparing to replace libboost-chrono-dev 1.48.0.3 (using .../libboost-chrono-dev_1.49.0.1_amd64.deb) Unpacking replacement libboost-chrono-dev ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libboost-chrono1.49-dev_1.49.0-1_amd64.deb Repeatedly using apt-get -f install finally fixed it. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.3.1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org