Package: ed Version: 1.3-3 Severity: normal
...I get the same "alternative path /bin/ed doesn't exist", ignore the other crud (#531346, #526634 and #526951) in my aptitude output: Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Reading changelogs... (Reading database ... 943988 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking pacemaker (from .../pacemaker_0.6.5-1+b1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/pacemaker_0.6.5-1+b1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libpe_status.so.2.0.0', which is also in package heartbeat dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Preparing to replace tulip-doc 3.0.0~B6-2.1 (using .../tulip-doc_3.1.2-2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tulip-doc ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/tulip-doc_3.1.2-2_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man3/Graph.h.3.gz', which is also in package steghide dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/pacemaker_0.6.5-1+b1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/tulip-doc_3.1.2-2_all.deb Updating Debian Packages of System Configurations (dpsyco). E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up ed (1.3-3) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /bin/ed doesn't exist. dpkg: error processing ed (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: ed Press return to continue. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ed depends on: ii libc6 2.9-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ed recommends no packages. ed suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org