Here is the exact sequence of how this bug resolves itself. All ends up OK, but the user should not need to encounter the jarring error message. This might be a apt, or dpkg issue, but I did not look into it.
Selecting previously deselected package ttf-unifont. Unpacking ttf-unifont (from .../ttf-unifont_1%3a5.1.20080706-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package xfonts-unifont. Unpacking xfonts-unifont (from .../xfonts-unifont_1%3a5.1.20080706-1_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-unifont_1%3a5.1.20080706-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/unifont.pcf.gz', which is also in package unifont dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to replace unifont 1:1.0-4 (using .../unifont_1%3a5.1.20080706-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement unifont ... Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.0.2-1.lenny1 (using .../xserver-xorg-input-evdev_1%3a2.0.3-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-input-evdev ... Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.3.2-2+lenny1 (using .../xserver-xorg-video-intel_2%3a2.3.2-2+lenny2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-video-intel ... Preparing to replace lsb-release 3.2-16 (using .../lsb-release_3.2-19_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement lsb-release ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 4 changed doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for menu ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-unifont_1%3a5.1.20080706-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: unifont: Depends: xfonts-unifont but it is not installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. # apt-get -f dist-upgrade (whereupon all is set up OK) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
