At 0:56 +0200 10/12/01, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: >Em Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:53:00 +0200 >Regnat Nikolaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > >> -------------------- >> Unpacking cursorsmall (from cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb) ... >> dpkg: error processing cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb (--install): >> trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz', >>which is >> also in package xfonts-base >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> cursorsmall_1-1_i386.deb >> -------------------- >> >> Is there a way to achive this? >that's a bug, if this is an official package you should fill a bug report >on it...
IMHO it is a feature, a usefull feature Package "abc" should NOT overwrite files of package "xyz". If people have problems with the contents of "xyz.deb", they should take the source and rebuild a modified one. Kind Regards, Geert Stappers --------------------- The Future is now, be part of it.
