On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:04:34PM +0100, pe...@kahn.nu wrote: > Hi and thanks for all your hard work. > I have just tried updating my debian hurd install and dpkg fails with the > following error: > > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit_2.88dsf-16_hurd-i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite '/sbin/halt', which is also in package hurd 20111206-1 > configured to not write apport reports > Processing triggers for man-db ... > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/sysvinit_2.88dsf-16_hurd-i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > (I'm sorry if this text contains typos, i have only got one screen and > wrote the text while watching it on my hurd computer.) > > Does anyone have any idea on how to get past this?
It's likely a bug in one of sysvinit or hurd packages, since both can't provide the same file. Did the older sysvinit package provide /sbin/halt? If looks like they did not according to debian/rules. While the packaging was updated in -16, this logic is still present. But it's obviously not working. It would be good if a Hurd porter could perhaps see why--I can't see anything obviously wrong.. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-68k-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111219225854.gc5...@codelibre.net
