noted. thanks. Martin Meredith wrote:
>Please see my comment attached to the bug > >Brian Gurtler wrote: > > >>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
