I've reported the bug to xscreensaver and they said that it's a backports issue http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13299
John Dong wrote: > Use dpkg --install --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives > /electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb to install the package. > > Unfortunately, two different versions of Electricsheep are present in > two package (xscreensaver and electricsheep) -- APT doesn't like to > assume that you'd want to overwrite existing files, so drops out at > this error. > > this is an upstream packaging bug that can't be solved via the > Backports team. If it really bothers you, file a bug against either > electricsheep or xscreensaver in Ubuntu's Bugzilla. > > > On 9/9/05, *Brian Gurtler* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > could someone do a backport of this? > the version currently in backports [2.6.2] hasn't ever worked do > to some > kind of error.. > > Unpacking electricsheep (from > .../electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/xscreensaver/config/electricsheep.xml', > which is also in package xscreensaver > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/electricsheep_2.6.2-1~5.04ubp1_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > -- > ubuntu-backports mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports > <http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports> > > -- ubuntu-backports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
