On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 04:53:32PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > [4 letter words deleted]
> === cut === > # sudo dpkg -i libgssapi2-heimdal_1.0.1-1_i386.deb > > > ──(Fri,Aug10)─┘ > Selecting previously deselected package libgssapi2-heimdal. > (Reading database ... 188542 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking libgssapi2-heimdal (from libgssapi2-heimdal_1.0.1-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing libgssapi2-heimdal_1.0.1-1_i386.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2.0.0', which is also in package > libgssapi2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > libgssapi2-heimdal_1.0.1-1_i386.deb > === cut === > [more 4 letter words deleted] > This wasn't a problem until just recently because it use to be > libgssapi.so.1.0.0 in Heimdal. > > Solution? Persuade Heimdal upstream to provide an soname that uniquely identifies this library in the face of other, pre-existing libgssapi packages, and barring that, add a Debian-specific soname component to it? Or if the libraries are actually fully ABI-compatible, perhaps the two packages could have the same Provides that could be used in the shlibs? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]